Novedades del último mes en libros de Fotografos

Publicada por primera vez en 1999, la emblemática colección de retratos de mujeres de Annie Leibovitz vuelve a publicarse, junto con un nuevo libro de fotografías. La amplia gama de temas refleja el aspecto actual de las mujeres: bailarinas, actrices, astronautas, artistas, politicas, agricultoras, escritoras, directoras ejecutivas, filantropas, soldados, musicas, atletas, figuras de la alta sociedad y cientificas. En conjunto, estos libros, profundamente personales, presentan mas de 200 retratos con el estilo unico, personal y profundo que caracteriza a Leibovitz. Fotografias reproducidas con gran precision, tanto en color como en blanco y negro, representan a un grupo internacional de mujeres que han impulsado cambios positivos en el mundo, desde Louise Bourgeois, Joan Didion, Elizabeth Taylor y Eudora Welty hasta Joan Baez, Billie Eilish, Serena y Venus Williams, y Anna Wintour. Con textos de la autora nigeriana Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Susan Sontag, una de las escritoras e intelectuales publicas mas destacadas del siglo XX; y el icono feminista Gloria Steinem, esta edicion de dos volumenes en estuche es una celebracion de las mujeres realizada por una de las fotografas mas influyentes de nuestro tiempo.

Photographer, artist, activistErwin Olaf (19592023) is regarded as one of the most influential photographic artists in the Netherlands. His visual language is instantly recognizable: meticulously composed, technically refined, and charged with meaning. With a sharp eye for lighting and mise-en-scene, he was able to bring aesthetics and commitment together.Olaf was both an artist and a fighter. He stood up for the freedom to be who you are. His fight was waged not only with his camera, but also through film, sculpture, and the queer parties he organized.The publication Erwin Olaf Freedom offers an in-depth survey of the full reach of his rich, varied and groundbreaking work, from the early 1980s until just before his death. It is an indispensable book for anyone who views art as a catalyst for change.With contributions by Charlotte Cotton, Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Jonathan Turner, Rein Wolfs and others, as well as conversations with Taco Dibbits, Hans van Manen, Charl Landvreugd and Shirley den Hartog and Els Wuyts.This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from October 11, 2025, to March 1, 2026.

An enthralling journey through the career of Cristobal Hara, who after more than half a century as a photographer, returns to his origins. An invitation to rediscover the freshness and sense of wonder with which the best photographs are born. An essential title for photography lovers as well as readers drawn to authentic and transformative life stories. Everyday Spanish life is shown through unexpected angles and fragmented perspectives reflecting the rituals, traditions, and idiosyncrasies of Spanish society. After more than five decades behind the camera, the author recalls a time when being a novice photographer was synonymous with freedom, risk, and discovery. From his youthful decision to abandon the business world to devote himself to photography, through his years of learning on the streets under the dictatorship, to his first international collaborations, this book brings together the images that shaped his craft. With previously unpublished images and personal stories, the author reveals how his vocation was born inspired by Cartier-Bresson and forged on the streets of Francoist Spain and how that spirit of experimentation has accompanied him through portraits, urban scenes, travels, and unique projects. More than just a visual memoir, this work is an invitation to relive the thrill of adventure, the constant search for the unexpected, and the essence of photography as both art and life experience.

Un fascinante recorrido por la trayectoria de Cristóbal Hara, quien tras más de medio siglo como fotógrafo regresa a sus orígenes.Una invitación a redescubrir la frescura y el asombro con los que nacen las mejores fotografias. Un titulo imprescindible tanto para los amantes de la fotografia como para los lectores atraidos por historias de vida autenticas y transformadoras.La vida cotidiana española se muestra a traves de angulos inesperados y perspectivas fragmentadas que reflejan los rituales, las tradiciones y las idiosincrasias de la sociedad española.Despues de mas de cinco decadas detras de la camara, el autor evoca una epoca en la que ser un fotografo principiante era sinonimo de libertad, riesgo y descubrimiento. Desde su decision juvenil de abandonar el mundo empresarial para dedicarse a la fotografia, pasando por sus años de aprendizaje en las calles bajo la dictadura, hasta sus primeras colaboraciones internacionales, este libro reune las imagenes que dieron forma a su oficio. Con imagenes ineditas y relatos personales, el autor revela como nacio su vocacion inspirada en Cartier-Bresson y forjada en las calles de la España franquista y como ese espiritu de experimentacion lo ha acompañado a lo largo de retratos, escenas urbanas, viajes y proyectos singulares. Mas que unas memorias visuales, esta obra es una invitacion a revivir la emocion de la aventura, la busqueda constante de lo inesperado y la esencia de la fotografia como arte y experiencia vital.

Work hard, play hard: monumental biography about photographer Erwin OlafI really dont need to look great, but I do want it to be accurate. Erwin OlafJust as a painter starts with a blank canvas, Erwin Olaf created his own world. Rineke DijkstraErwin Olaf Springveld (19592023) gained recognition for his extravagant and sometimes sexually explicit images. He found his muses in the nightlife scene and developed from a rebellious avant-gardist to an internationally celebrated artist. Until his unexpected death, he remained the creator of his own unique universe and continued to advocate for the rights of the queer community.Journalist Mischa Cohen followed Erwin Olaf for years, gaining access to his archive, his studio and his personal life. He attended photo shoots and spoke to loved ones, friends, colleagues, gallerists, curators and family. This monumental biography contains dozens of photographs and is an essential reference work for anyone who loves photography.

First published in 1994 The Traveling Tree by world renowned photographer Michio Hoshino is a literary classic In this enduringly popular collection naturalist mystic and adventurer Michio Hoshino reflects on the world around him Michio Hoshino s life was changed after coming across a book containing an aerial photograph of the tiny Inupuiak village Shishmaref in a used bookstore in Tokyo The teenager was immediately enchanted by this tiny cluster of dwellings on the Arctic Sea What sort of people lived in such a desolate place seemingly at the ends of the Earth The photograph intrigued him so much that he decided to write a letter asking if he could visit the village Not knowing to whom he should address the letter he made it out to simply Mayor Shishmaref To his surprise he received a response from an Inupiak family willing to host him and spent the next summer at the age of 19 immersed in their way of life After this introduction to Alaska Hoshino was smitten with America s northernmost state and dedicated the remainder of his life to photographing and writing about it The Traveling Tree is a collection of his writing published at the peak of his artistic prowess only two years before his career was tragically cut short at the age of 43 by

A Peter Lindbergh y Azzedine Alaa, el fotógrafo y el modisto, les unía un amor por el color negro que cultivaron por igual en impresiones sobre gelatina de plata y prendas de color liso. Lindbergh nunca dejo de recurrir al blanco y negro en su busqueda de autenticidad para los rostros que fotografiaba. Alaa se baso en el monocromo para crear verdaderas esculturas con ropas de diseño atemporal.Este libro inmortaliza el singular dialogo entre ambos artistas. Sus imagenes ilustran su comunion espiritual y rinden homenaje a su asociacion artistica y a los logros historicos que alcanzaron en fotografia y moda.A pesar de proceder de lugares geograficamente muy alejados, Lindbergh y Alaa persiguieron horizontes similares. Al tiempo que la reputacion de Lindbergh crecia en Alemania gracias a su trabajo en la revista Stern e instalaba su estudio en Paris en 1978, Alaa trabajaba envuelto en un aura de discrecion, y sus sofisticadas tecnicas eran el secreto mas preciado entre las grandes clientas de la alta costura.Alaa se convirtio en el arquitecto de los cuerpos, que revelo y desvelo, mientras Lindbergh los distinguio al iluminar su alma y personalidad. Paso a paso, se convirtieron en grandes nombres de sus respectivas disciplinas. Ambos rechazar

Ampliamente considerado como uno de los fotógrafos de moda y retratistas más influyentes, Mario Testino es responsable de la creación de imágenes emblemáticas capaces de transmitir emoción y energía de una manera abierta e intima. A lo largo de su carrera de cuatro decadas, Testino se ha embarcado en un viaje que lo ha llevado mas alla del mundo de la moda para capturar las tradiciones y culturas de todo el mundo desde un punto de vista privilegiado y extraordinariamente unico. Peruano de nacimiento, la conexion intima de Testino con Italia tiene su raiz en su herencia italiana, pero florecio cuando experimento el pais personalmente. Descubrir Italia fue, para Testino, sinonimo de descubrir su pasion por la moda. & x0201C;Roma vivia inmersa en el ultimo grito, las tendencias mas novedosas, los estilos mas modernos. Me encanto la forma en que los italianos podian deshacerse de la ultima moda por algo todavia mas reciente sin perder su propia identidad.& x0201D; En Ciao, Testino selecciona sus imagenes favoritas de Italia, un pais que ha tenido un gran protagonismo en su vida; incluyen desde sus amistades e impresionantes vistas hasta las iconicas sesiones de moda italia