Álex Castro Soto del Valle

Cameraman for Cuban Television, official photographer of the Spanish Ballet of Cuba, member of UPEC and UNEAC, collaborates as a photographer with the newspapers Juventud Rebelde, Granma, Granma Internacional, Prensa Latina, Tribuna de la Habana, Trabajadores and Bohemia magazine. He is one of five children of Fidel Castro Ruz and Dalia Soto del Valle.

Graduate in Engineering in Electrochemical Industry Technology from Moscow. He currently holds the degree of Master in Sciences. He began in photography in 1976 in a self-taught manner, and dedicated himself to this activity at the Lenin Vocational School during the 1978–1979 school year.

From 1998 onwards, and to the present day, he has worked as a cameraman for Cuban TV. As a means of advancement, he studied in this specialty. He has participated in the production of various documentaries and regular programs of Cuban TV, such as the Cubans in the Spotlight series. He has made several documentaries as director of photography. One of them, Urban Agriculture in Cuba, won an award at the 2006 International Scientific Film Festival, held in Paris.

He is a member of UPEC and UNEAC, collaborates as a photographer with the newspapers Juventud Rebelde, Granma, Granma Internacional, Prensa Latina, Tribuna de la Habana, Trabajadores and Bohemia magazine.

His photographs were used for the 2006 Martiana Agenda, created as a tribute to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro's 80th birthday, and in the book Knowing Wine, which was selected in 2007 as No. 1 in the world in its subject.

He is currently the official photographer of the Spanish Ballet of Cuba and works as a cameraman and director of photography at Mundo Latino studios.

His photography covers a vast range of subjects as his work with the lens ranges from landscapes, mass events, political figures, sports, cultural events, nature, to fashion design photographs. His photographs are part of private collections in several countries.

Personal Exhibitions
With My Own Lens (2005). Vedado Room at Hotel Nacional de Cuba (August). Francisco Vázquez Room at Juventud Rebelde newspaper (November). Martiano Program Office (May, 2006). Provincial Museum of Cienfuegos (January, 2007).
Trilogy of Passions (2005). Permanent Exhibition, Sierra Maestra Room at Habana Libre Hotel.
Magic of Enchantment (2007). García Lorca Room at Gran Teatro de La Habana. Meliá Cohíba Hotel Gallery (January, 2008).
Real Dream (2007). Telepinar Gallery for the Third Alfredo Sarabia Biennial in memoriam.
Postcards from My Country (2008). Press Association of Cádiz, Spain.
Passion Begins (2008). Photography Archive of Cuba. Telepinar Gallery. UNEAC Gallery in Las Tunas.
Art and Fashion 2008 (2008). Habana Libre Hotel. Bertolt Bretch Room. Telepinar Gallery.
Fidel: Intimate Portrait (2017). Casa del Alba Cultural.

Group Exhibitions
Fifth Anniversary Graduation (1979). Museum Room of the Lenin Vocational School. Havana.
80 Springs of a Young Rebel (2006). Francisco Vázquez Room at Juventud Rebelde newspaper.
Song to Life (2006). International Press Center.
Colloquium Memory and Future: Cuba and Fidel (2006). Palace of Conventions.
Landscapes (2007). La Acacia Gallery.
Cubanías (2007), Cyprus.
Thinking about Fidel (2007). Museum of Camagüey.
The Face of History (2012). Mariana Grajales Revolution Square, Guantánamo.
Lenses of the Series (2007). Hall of Fame at Estadio Latinoamericano.
Identity (2008) Riviera Hotel
Cuba, Image and Possibility (2009), Mexico.
I am Art among the Arts (2009), Spain, Portugal and Panama.
Origins (2009). Latin Union of Cuba.
The Image of Nature (2009). National Museum of Natural History.
83 Reasons (2009). Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Carmen Montilla Gallery.
4 Brushes and a Lens (2009). Apart Hotel Monte Habana

Awards
For Direction of Photography of the documentary Urban Agriculture in Cuba, at the 2006 International Scientific Film Festival, held in Paris.
Third Alfredo Sarabia Biennial in Memoriam 2007 for the work Real Dream
Fernando Chenard Piña Award 2009