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Walker Evans, more than any other photographer in the thirties and forties, defined the documentary aesthetic. For over four decades he used his camera precisely and lucidly to record the American experience. He is generally acknowledged as America''s finest documentary photographer of this century. He attempted to show both the beauty of his subjects and the horror of the social situations in which they lived. During the Depression, from 1935 to 1937, Evans took part in the most extensive photographic project ever carried out in the United States-the pictorial survey of the Farm Security Administration. The now-legendary collaboration with James Agee that resulted in the masterpiece Let Us Now Praise Famous Men documents his dedication to photographing the country he knew. Evans''s talented eye and sensitive heart make him one of the great photographers of this century. This volume contains many of his best-known images.

W. Eugene Smith revolucionó el campo del ensayo fotográfico con sus trabajos publicados en la revista "Life" entre 1948 y 1956. Este libro reproduce las imágenes de sus seis reportajes emblemáticos:

Deborah Copaken KoganDébarquée en France à 22 ans, Deborah, une jeune Américaine avide de sensations fortes, tente par tous les moyens d'intégrer le monde de la photographie ou, plus spécifiquement,

Vladimir Malakhov, aclamado como “bailarín del siglo” y numerosas veces galardonado, entusiasma a su público con la extraña combinación de brillantez técnica y elocuencia lírica. Su cuerpo, flexible

Vivian Maier created more than 100,000 negatives during her long life. Only a few of those pictures were ever seen by others. Shortly after Maier died in April of 2009, the first large batch of her unseen photographsgritty with humanity and filled with empathy and beautywere shown on a web site. Word of the work spread quickly. The frames are so spontaneous, said Mary Ellen Mark, one of the most celebrated photographers of our time. She is just looking at life and capturing moments that are real. So few people know how to shoot like that.Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows is the first attempt to put Maiers work in context. It is based on the Jeffrey Goldstein Collection, a treasure trove of nearly 20,000 black-and-white negatives, color slides, and vintage prints. When combined with interviews with those who knew the photographer best, a remarkable portrait emerges.

The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman; featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never seen before; and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman. Vivian Maier's story-the secretive nanny-photographer during her life who becomes a popular sensation shortly after her death-has, to date, been pieced together only from previously seen or known images she made and the handful of facts that have surfaced about her life. During her lifetime she shot more than 100,000 images, which she kept hidden from the world. In 2007, two years before her death, Chicago historic preservationist John Maloof discovered a trove of negatives, and roll upon roll of undeveloped film in a storage locker he bought at auction. They revealed a surprising and accomplished artist and a stunning body of work, which Maloof championed and brought to worldwide acclaim. Vivian Maier presents the most comprehensive collection and largest selection of the photographer's work-created during the 1950s through the 1970s in New York, Chicago, and on her travels around the country-almost exclusively unpublished and including her previously unknown color work. It features images of and excerpts from Maier's personal artifacts, memorabilia, and audiotapes, made available for the first time. This remarkable volume draws upon recently conducted interviews with people who knew Maier, which shed new light on Maier's photographic skill and her life.

The perfect introduction to renowned street photographer Vivian Maier

La obra de Vito Acconci ha tomado un protagonismo especial a lo largo de la última década. Poeta, escultor y performer, los vídeos y films que documentan sus acciones de los años sesenta y setenta se han convertido en obras de referencia para las nuevas generaciones. La monografia editada por Gloria Moure recoge sus trabajos mas importantes, desde sus primeras performances hasta sus mas recientes proyectos para espacios publicos, incluyendo una amplia seleccion de sus escritos. Edicion española de tapa dura.

Photography continues to be a central part of international artistic practice. Over the past ten years it has experienced radical changes, in part due to the rise of digital technologies. Photography is now often engaged in by artists who are not just printing in a darkroom, but using the medium as a single aspect of a larger ouvre, as one of several media under exploration.Vitamin Ph focuses on diverse global developments in 'art' photography through the work of 121 contemporary artists, who were nominated by 78 international critics, curators and artists. These selections will be accompanied by a 5000 word introductory text by TJ Demos, aiming to explore ideas relevant to contemporary photography with reference to the works included in the book. In addition, the work of each photographer/artist will be introduced by a short commissioned text of approximately 500 words. Similar in concept, scope and structure to Vitamin P and Vitamin D, Vitamin Ph presents, in A to Z order, artists who have emerged, or in some instances re-emerged, in the last five years using the medium of photography.

Entre 1955 y 1965 Ramón Masats recorre la geografía de España con su cámara y una obsesión en su cabeza: retratar los tópicos con los que la cultura oficial, bendecía los valores patrios. Iniciaba entonces su carrera como colaborador de varias publicaciones, y este viaje le permitio el desarrollo de un trabajo innovador que revoluciono el triste panorama de la fotografia oficial, todavia enredada en su dependencia de los canones esteticos que el orden clasico imponia a la nueva disciplina.En el tiempo, el trabajo de Masats coincide con el fin de la autarquia en la dictadura franquista y con la apertura diseñada por el gobierno con la creacion del Ministerio de Informacion y Turismo (1951), y el Plan Nacional de Turismo (1953). Visit Spain fue ese primer mensaje que utilizo la propaganda oficial.En este escenario Masats emprendio su particular recorrido centrado en los ritos castizos y folcloricos que describe como topicos. Su relato dibuja una imagen de pais atrapado en la pobreza material, laminado en lo social y acerrimo en su atadura espiritual. El poderoso grafismo de sus fotografias y la particular ironia de su mirada significaron la nueva impronta de la fotografia documental, en la que la personalidad del fotografo construye una sugerencia mas alla de la mera realidad optica de la imagen fotografica, y su interpretacion final queda en manos solo del espectador. Sugerencias fotograficas que han colonizado nuestra memoria.