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Mini edition of the highly-acclaimed One People pictorial, this book provides an accessible and user-friendly format in which to browse an incredible and moving selection of images, which chronicle the journey through the human life cycle, from birth to death, as it is experienced throughout the diverse cultures and communities across our planet.

An illustrated history of battleships of the world from 1906 to 1918, featuring fascinating expert descriptions of over 70 ships that details their construction, function and history.

'No hay fotografías que puedan ser negadas. Todas las fotografías poseen categoría de realidad. Lo que ha de examinarse es de qué modo la fotografía puede o no dar significado a los hechos.' Estas palabras de John Berger y el conocido fotografo suizo Jean Mohr, dos de nuestros mas reflexivos y elocuentes indagadores de lo visual, son la base sobre la que construyen una singular reflexion acerca de las ambiguedades de lo que, en apariencia, es nuestra forma de arte mas sencilla: la fotografia. Otra manera de contar explora la tension existente entre el fotografo y lo fotografiado, entre la imagen y el espectador, entre el momento filmado y los recuerdos que se le asemejan. Elaboran su teoria con imagenes ademas de palabras; y no solo se basan en el analisis, sino que tambien incorporan anecdotas y recuerdos. Combinando la vision moral del critico con la practica del fotografo, Berger y Mohr han producido una obra que amplia las fronteras de un campo de la critica que antes abordaron Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes y Susan Sontag.

Jake Rajs (Photographer), Pete HamillThe islands that form New York City are far more subtle and varied than the five that can be seen from the air. In this spectacular portrait of the great metropolis, renowned photographer Jake Rajs juxtaposes iconic viewsthe Empire State Building, the Hudson River skyline, the Brooklyn Bridgewith unheralded neighborhoods and hidden places throughout the five boroughs. Pete Hamill's literary portrait perfectly complements Rajs's visual presentation. This lively and compelling view traces the history of the city from its beginnings as an Indian hunting and fishing ground to the early years of settlement by immigrants from all corners of the world to the numerous and overlapping islands that now make up the city as a whole. First published in a deluxe edition in 1998, this unique presentation is now available to all who are eager to explore the city that fascinates the world.

Selección de trabajos presentados a la convocatoria del Concurso de Fotografía sobre cultura popular 2006. Muestra las obras premiadas y menciones honoríficas.

Over the past decade, the noted Dutch photographer Bert Teunissen has documented hundreds of old European homes and the dignified, often elderly people who inhabit them. He seeks out rudimentary, yet cultured settings aglow with a warm, timeless atmosphere; spaces with a very particular quality of natural light. Old World details crowd the frame of each image: ornate wallpaper, ancestral portraits, home-cured hams hung from exposed beams and decorative dishware proudly displayed on mantels. These homes were built before the World Wars, before electricity was a standard feature, a time when sunlight played a pivotal role in the conception of architecture. Teunissen renders these last vestiges of old Europe with a palette and a sensitivity to light that recalls, with astonishing sensitivity, Dutch masters like Vermeer and Rembrandt. At first glance, one might easily mistake any one of them for a Renaissance painting. They are certainly some of the most remarkable and intimate architectural portraits of recent years. The body of work captured in Domestic Landscapes, Teunissen's first monograph, dovetails with two traditions: the use of the camera to record cultural vestiges and a strain of portraiture that looks at subjects in their own environs. Made in numerous countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, Teunissen's poignant photographs capture and record an architecture--and a way of life--that is quickly disappearing

Catálogo de la exposición que reúne la obra de veintiún jóvenes artistas y que muestra la creatividad actual que se desarrolla en España.

For the travel photographer, the urban environment provides the greatest variety of subject matter and photographic possibilities. The challenge is to delve beyond the cliched landmarks and capture the vibrancy and unique character of any city you find yourself in.

La fisonomía be un espacio es la fisonomía de sus habitantes. madrid inmigrante es un proyecto fotográfico destinado a recoger el fenómeno migratorio en la comunidad de madrid y mostrar la enorme transformacion que se ha producido en esa fisonomia durante los ultimos años.

From found photographs ("Luriki", 1971-85) to cinematic vistas ("By the Ground", 1991), from staged self-portraiture ("I am Not I", 1992) to social documentation ("Case History", 1997-98), Boris Mikhailov has experimented with many photographic forms and styles, in a constant urge to question reality. At the beginning of his career as a photographer, Mikhailov earned his living by retouching and colouring ordinary family photographs ("Luriki" 1971-85). Apart from his commercial work, he photographed the rituals of Soviet public life in Red Series (1968-75) and ridiculed the regime and its visual propaganda in his series Sots Art (1975-86). At around the same time, he conceived his series "Unfinished Dissertation", which consisted of hundreds of images glued on the back of an unfinished dissertation, that he had found in a dustbin. Finally, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he focused on social subject matter, documenting poverty in Kharkov and Moscow in his series "By the Ground" (1991), and hiring homeless people for his recent series "Case History" (1997-98). Mikhailov's dissidence is both political and visual. He has explored the various possibilities of photography, combining its uses as a conceptual project, an historical record, a political commentary, and as a work of art. "Yesterday's Sandwich" will feature one of Mikhailov's earliest bodies of work, his thought-provoking colour Superimposition series made in the late 60s and early 70s. It is called "Yesterday's Sandwich", because each superimposed image is created by overlaying two slides. Mikhailov accidentally invented this technique in the late 1960s when looking at his slides. As paper was expensive and difficult to find at that time, he did not print the images but showed them in slide shows. It was not until the early 1990s that he actually printed the images on paper. In this fascinating series, the images can be interpreted on two levels. At first, the background seems to show reality, but this reality is immediately distorted by the intrusion of an unexpected object, form or colour. With this superimposed image the photographer introduces a different point of view - a political commentary, a personal fantasy, or simply a formal device. Superimposition inc

by Antony Gormley (Author) by Robert Pinsky (Author) by Susan Bright (Author) Antonio Sanz (Editor)

Aquest llibre visionari de Toni Catany és una interpretació plástica de l’imaginari literari del Tirant lo Blanc. Toni Catany ha aconseguit retratar les realitats imaginàries de l’antic univers de pa

La obra de Alberto Corazón (Madrid, 1942), diseñador con una amplia proyección internacional, es un referente en el arte conceptual español. Este libro recoge el documento Aire, fuego, tierra y agua presentado en 1972 por el autor, que propone una reflexion en torno al poder de las imagenes. Incluye textos de Alberto Corazon y de Fernando Castro Florez.

Si el siglo XIX vio nacer la fotografía, un medio que ha tenido un papel fundamental en la conformación de nuestro imaginario visual y en nuestra memoria colectiva, el siglo XX asistió a su consagracion como una de las bellas artes. Actualmente la fotografia es uno de los medios de expresion artisticos mas importantes. Filosofos, historiadores y ensayistas han reflexionado en torno a su complejidad, la riqueza de opciones que ofrece, su papel historico como guardian de la memoria, o la importancia de la imagen en el mundo contemporaneo. La exposicion pretende subrayar la gran riqueza tematica, conceptual y experimental que este medio de creacion conlleva. Y lo hace a traves de los nombres mas relevantes de la fotografia en el siglo XX, asi como de una importante documentacion en relacion con la fotografia publicada: catalogos, revistas, libros....