The photograph was taken during the release of the book, Celia: My Life, at the Books & Books store in Coral Gables, Florida on Wednesday, July 21, 2004.

And that for the very first time and in her own words, the legendary Cuban singer Celia Cruz, who rose to fame in Havana, Cuba, during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname, La Guarachera de Cuba, and then to stardom in New York City, during the 1970s as a singer of salsa, earning the nickname, The Queen of Salsa.