Julio Angel Larramendi Joa was born on March 25, 1954 in the city of Santiago de Cuba. From 1971 to 1975 he studied Chemistry in the USSR. In 1980, a BA in Chemistry at the University of Havana. Gets the title of Doctor of Science techniques in 1994. Begins in photography in 1969. During his stay in the USSR receives fotografatcnica courses, scientist and artistic. In 1975 he began to work in a specialized laboratory fotografatcnica and scientists, dirigindolo from 1983 to 1997. He has given lectures, courses basics, graduate and photography workshops, both in Cuba and abroad. He has presented solo exhibitions in several cities of Cuba, Mexico, Sweden, Spain, Costa Rica and the U.S. He received first prizes in international competitions and Photo Hunt 90 June 6. He has published in journals Prisms, Caribbean Sea, Flora and Fauna, Opus Habana, I'm from the Caribbean, Flamenco, Watercolor, Ciao Cuba!, Sol y Son, 100% Tequila, Arte nel Mondo, La Vanguardia, Life Sciences, Women and Leaves. Afro-Asia magazine Dirigila International Markets. His pictures illustrate the books: Flora and fauna of Cuba, Tropicana, Cuban Shaker "biographer of snuff" Josmart Publishers; To not forget the Office of the Historian , "The Cow House, Publishers Globe and The most beautiful land, My beloved Havana and Cuba's guides, the Editorial SI-MAR. Ilustrlas also certificated of Cuban music CD Sergio Vitier, Son and Soul, the CD in tribute to Dr. Jorge Ramon Cuevas, the Boards 2000/2003 and the majority of prepaid phone cards. In 1998 the CD market salial 350 Postcards of Cuba, made ntegrating with their photographs. In addition to providing the images, multimedia CD has directed commercial, touristic, industrial and service. Aportlas images to Web sites CubaVip, Cubatravel, SOFTEL, Cubas, ICAIC, Havana Pictures, Cubanacn, Infocom, and others. The books were published ao2003: 500 years of architecture in Cuban society and Si-Mar Cubay Birds Amphibians and Reptiles of Cuba, the IES and the second edition of Cuban Colonial Architecture Joaqun Weiss. Preparing found in books: The Cuban, Cuba: the paradise of terrestrial mollusks, with Adrin Gonzlez, only details with Fernando López and Liborio Noval, Orchid Cuban, Juan Llamacho, Ascom Trinidad, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero roads and of the Editorial Josmart. He was chosen by the Journal-FOTO CUBA Top 100 Cuban photographers of the twentieth century. He has participated as an organizer and jury in international competitions, events and photography. In November 2003 July inaugurla Larramendi Galera in the Hotel Conde de Villanueva in Havana Vieja. In December 2003 National Awards recibilos Area 2003 in Photography, a tribute to Compay Segundo and in the category of advertising campaigns, with that of Habaganex SA is a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba , of the Union of Journalists of Cuba, the Cuban Association of Social Communicators, the FIAP, Chairman of the Management Group of the Cuban Association of the Image of Nature, chairs the Faculty Ctedra Latin American Photography Institute of International Journalism, part of the Cuban Society of Zoologay is a Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History Cuba.