Patricia Espinosa de los Monteros

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These pages tell the story without words of a journey through Spain in which the author, the photographer Fernando Manso, visited unknown and hidden corners and captured them on the plates of his large-format camera. From the remotest parts of Galicia to those of Almeria, he passed through coasts, deserts and mountains, stopping at old churches, ghostly castles or majestic cathedrals, in forests and gorges, at natural pools and salt mines, and at cemeteries, Arab baths and hermitages carved out of the rock.Fernando has made the light of these places into the leading figure of his journey. His is a different light, as he has relinquished blue skies and brilliant sunshine, often the stuff of cliches, to make way for visions of places that appear to us with such intimate truth that even if we know them, we can barely recognise them. This is thanks to his technique, his art and the patience with which he waits for the light.Fernandos luxury is being able to use all the time in the world to draw us into an artistic heritage that is sometimes secret and hard to reach, and which the viewer has to know how to see. He reveals these places, often in danger of disappearing, after detailed investigation. Both architecture and landscape for he knows that natural scenery is also a major patrimony that has to be affectionately preserved and protected from speculation belong to all of us, and we are responsible for their care. We must be aware of this.The result of that trip is this publication, with beautiful images in reproductions of exceptional quality that present us with a vision of Spain in a different light.

The Spanish House features a stunning selection of typical Spanish homes and interiors, including pazos, casonas, cortijos, and caserios. This title sets out to explore the origins of Spain''s diverse architectural and design styles.

Estas páginas cuentan sin palabras la historia de un viaje por España, en el que su autor, el fotógrafo Fernando Manso, ha visitado rincones desconocidos y recónditos y los ha encerrado en las placas de su camara de gran formato. Desde los puntos mas apartados de Galicia hasta los de Almeria, ha pasado por costas, desiertos y montañas, deteniendose en viejas iglesias, castillos fantasmales o majestuosas catedrales, en bosques y gargantas, pozas naturales y minas de sal, en cementerios, baños arabes o ermitas excavadas en la roca.Fernando ha hecho de la luz en esos espacios la absoluta protagonista del viaje. Es una luz diferente pues ha prescindido de cielos azules y sol brillante imagen a veces tan topica, de focos y flashes, para dar paso a visiones de lugares que aun conocidos se nos muestran con tan intima verdad que apenas logramos reconocerlos. Gracias a su tecnica, a su arte y a su paciencia para esperar la luz.Porque Fernando emplea todo el tiempo del mundo ese es su lujo en acercarnos a un patrimonio artistico, en ocasiones secreto y de dificil acceso, que hay que saber ver: espacios a menudo en riesgo de desaparecer que el desvela tras un detallado trabajo de investigacion. Arquitecturas y paisajes, pues sabe que el paisaje natural es tambien patrimonio importante que se debe preservar con cariño y proteger de especulaciones, que nos pertenece a todos y de cuyo cuidado todos somos responsables. Y hemos de conocerlo.De ese viaje resulta esta obra, con imagenes de gran belleza reproducidas con una calidad excepcional, que nos pone delante una vision de España bajo otra luz.