The photograph was taken during the release of the book “Celia: My Life” (Celia: Mi Vida), held at the Books & Books bookstore in Coral Gables, Florida, on July 21, 2004.  

And that for the very first time and in her own words, the legendary Cuban-born singer Celia Cruz, who rose to fame in the city of Havana, Cuba, during the 1950s as a singer of guaracha, earning the nickname “La Guarachera de Cuba” (The Guarachera of Cuba).