Libros de Historia y crítica de la fotografía, página 2 de 164

Este libro presenta una breve historia de la fotografía y destaca los géneros y los estilos más significativos en el desarrollo del medio.También recorre los avances tecnológicos mediante los cuales la primitiva camara oscura acabo por transformarse en la moderna reflex digital. Y destaca cincuenta obras clave, que abarcan desde el pictorialismo y el fotoperiodismo hasta la abstraccion y la fotografia directa, que han dejado una huella indeleble en la trayectoria del medio.No se trata de una historia exhaustiva, pero pone de relieve la importancia de la fotografia para entender el mundo que nos rodea. Asimismo, se evita el uso excesivo de tecnicismos y se propone al lector que disfrute y comprenda el arte de la fotografia desde su creacion.

When fishing boats were numerous Scotland was a wonderful place to see them Even in later days it s still possible to see a hint of what used to be It was often marvellous fun taking pictures around the harbours though the Scottish weather could make it challenging Peter Drummond accepted the challenge with much gusto and enthusiasm and was rewarded with days when the sun shone the air was clear and the boats were almost lining up to have their pictures taken So here they are the very best of them in beautiful colour former side trawlers and ring net boats crabbers beamers scallopers seiners trawlers and purse seiners This stunning album celebrates all the variety of Scottish fishing vessels looking back over the great days of the past

Our estate was built on land claimed from fields we were at the foot of those rolling Kilpatrick hills but over the roof of the school you could see more green fields and woods I felt grateful to be on the edge of all that countryside there was a magnetic pull towards what I thought that wild was or could be One day I m going to walk to those hills and woods I d think to myself Soon it would become a sanctuary Gordon Buchanan is probably the best known natural history cameraman the BBC has ever produced From wild snow wolf packs in Ellesmere and polar bears in Svalbard to leopards in Mumbai and equine therapy in Mongolia he has filmed in the world s most far reaching places for over 30 years His dedication to his craft means he often spends weeks inside a cramped camera hide tolerating extreme sleep deprivation and poor living conditions all in search of that one extraordinary shot But dangerous animals were not the only thing he was hiding from In the Hide is Gordon s emotionally honest and raw account of a brutal childhood in Glasgow and Mull and the escape and solace he found and continues to find in the natural world around him An intimate and inspiring account of resilience in the face of hardship In the Hide marks the arrival of

Atrévase a adentrase en el mundo de la imagen digital En la era actual, las imágenes siguen siendo el vehículo más potente para evocar y preservar eventos icónicos de nuestra historia y cultura. Ya sea capturada por una camara o generada mediante inteligencia artificial, cada imagen que ve es fruto de una fascinante sucesion de avances tecnicos y tecnologicos. Hoy en dia, sin embargo, la linea entre lo real y lo artificial se desdibuja cada vez mas, complicando el desafio de distinguir lo genuino de lo generado. En esta busqueda de realismo, han emergido conceptos, tecnicas y estrategias comerciales que pueden resultar confusas. Este libro le ofrece una guia completa para adentrarse y comprender el fascinante universo de la imagen digital, abordando aspectos tecnicos, tecnologicos y cognitivos. Aqui descubrira como cada elemento en este campo tiene un proposito y una logica. A lo largo de sus capitulos, explorara temas clave como: - Captura fotografica: ¿Como se digitaliza una imagen y cuales son los parametros clave en una gran produccion? - Generacion mediante inteligencia artificial: ¿Como es posible crear imagenes a partir de texto o de otras imagenes? ¿Que hay detras de la IA generativa? - Visualizacion: ¿Que son el rango dinamico y el espacio de color, y por que son tan relevantes? - Percepcion visual: ¿Como se puede aprovechar el conocimiento del cerebro humano para mejorar la tecnologia visual? -Software de procesamiento y edicion de imagenes: ¿Cuales son las herramientas mas utilizadas y sus aplicaciones? Todo esto, y mucho mas, lo encontrara explicado en este libro con un lenguaje accesible, sin perder el rigor que requiere el tema. ¿Esta listo para sumergirse en el mundo de la imagen digital? ¡Descubra el porque detras de cada pixel!

A new ecological approach to images by a renowned philosopher

Francesc Català-Roca es considerat per molts crítics el fotograf català mes important del segle xx.Impressions d'un fotograf, memories del fotograf Francesc Català-Roca (Valls 1922 – Barcelona 1998),

És indiscutible que Joan Llompart Torrelló és una figura importantíssima del fotoperiodisme local i d’una generació de fotògrafs professionals (Adrover, Juanet, Salleras, entre d’altres) que visquere

ENSAYOS FOTOGRáFICOS DE: VICENTE ALEMANY. JUAN CARLOS ALFEO ALVAREZ. ISABEL ARQUERO BLANCO. ELENA CALVO. BRUNO DELGADO. LUIS DELTELL ESCOLAR. RAFAEL GóMEZ ALONSO. JORGE LATORRE. CRISTINA MANZANO. JENNIFER NOVOA. MATILDE OBRADORS. FERNANDA ORTEGA. LUCIA PI

Nos hacemos mayores y el mundo cambia continuamente, se transforman los proyectos, aparecen las envidias, trabajan los olvidos , experiencias vitales que José Andrés capta a través de sus imágenes, inmortalizando la energia que queda en espacios, en arquitecturas donde su uso ya no es necesario. Herrera de la Mancha fue punto de partida y reflexion para su TFG, una alegoria sobre el paso del tiempo y el olvido. La propuesta de este libro se completa con otros lugares como el molino hidraulico del puente de Alarcos, la venta de Borondo en Daimiel, la antigua bodega de Fernan Caballero, el molino hidraulico de Valbuena en Corral de Calatrava, la fabrica de harinas La Aurora de Almodovar del Campo, la Casa del Parque en Ciudad Real , reconocidos por la may ...

Viewed from over seven decades later the Isle of Wight at the start of the 1950s might at first glance appear to have been experiencing a golden age of railways A real life Island of Sodor where Victorian steam locomotives crisscrossed the Island from Cowes in the north to Ventnor in the south and from Freshwater in the west to Bembridge in the east Even the smallest of villages could claim its own station and the only cloud on the horizon was generated by the passing of a nearby train Or was it The truth of course was rather different From as early as 1950 over a decade before Beeching rumours abounded that the entire network might be at risk of closure In the event the loss of the Ventnor West branch in 1952 would be the first of several routes to be axed over the next few years with around two thirds of the Island s network having closed by the end of the decade Further closures would of course follow in the 1960s In the meantime the pages of the Isle of Wight County Press abounded with proposals for how the Island s antiquated railways could be saved revitalised and modernized all of them doomed to failure and one so bizarre it was described as like something from H G Wells In this book the author provides an overview of the Isle of Wigh

EXCLUSIVE FOREWORD BY WES ANDERSON Accidentally Wes Anderson is back with 200 brand new mind bendingly beautiful destinations for your bucket list and the fascinating stories behind each location You ll visit the post office at the end of the world in Tierra del Fuego and meet the mustachioed letter carrier who in his free time runs an anarchist island micronation called Redonda You ll travel to a town in the Arctic Circle where cats are not allowed humans cannot be buried and a primary attraction is a doomsday vault containing the recipe for the Oreo cookie And you might just make a stop in lesser known Jincumbilly Australia where there are more platypuses than people Full of incredible photos of real life locations that look plucked from the world of Wes Anderson this book is all about Adventures big and small everyday and extraordinary here and way over there You ll meet some out of this world characters and be left with travel design and architectural inspiration beyond your imagination No passport necessary

In the dusk hours of a November evening in 2020 James Crombie set out for the shore of Lough Ennell Co Westmeath with no goal except to find a brief reprieve from the chaos of modern life One of Ireland s most lauded sports photographers Crombie had spent months each year travelling the globe snapping glimpses of sporting glory amid roaring crowds Once the pandemic arrived however he found himself suspended in an unfamiliar moment of stillness where his focus could roam beyond the pitch When a close friend came to him in a moment of grief the pair made for the lake What Crombie found on the shore that evening an undulating murmuration of starlings dancing above the surface of the water would change his life forever Desperate to capture the beauty of the murmurations and to better understand this phenomenon and the surroundings of the lake itself Crombie began a four year journey travelling to lake shore for over 100 days per year In his efforts to capture the formations of the magical birds Crombie managed to chart the stunning natural cycles of the lake and the surrounding countryside An incredible combination of narrative and photography this is a book about one man s quest to capture the beauty of an Irish natural phenomenon and about how o

An enthralling portrait of the Bloomsbury Group s key figures told through a rich collection of intimate photographs

Publicada por A. Marion entre noviembre de 1861 y febrero de 1862, la obra de Charles Clifford A Photographic Scramble Through Spain es un librito de 48 páginas, que empieza por una introducción a los monumentos de España y las experiencias del autor en sus viajes por el pais. A partir de la pagina 30, Clifford suministra una lista de 171 fotografias. Probablemente su proposito era que sirviera como prospecto para la venta de sus albumes de fotografias, prospecto que el comprador podria conservar y utilizar como guia por su contenido de explicaciones y titulos. Existia entonces la costumbre de publicar a veces ese tipo de documento para acompañar estampas y libros, aunque siempre con extension mucho menor. Clifford expandio su modelo, tal vez tras haber l ...

A lens into the unexplored and unseen cosmosA beautiful book showcasing the most stunning images from the first years of the James Webb Space Telescope the most powerful infrared space observatory along with expert insights into their revelations Discover how these awe inspiring images enhance our understanding of the Cosmos and what new mysteries they unlock for astronomers Learn more about humanity s mission to explore the far reaches of the Universe Discover the history and background of the JWST its technical design size optical system heat shield and orbit how the incredible observatory s instruments work and why its striking images look the way they do Tom Kerss provides accessible commentary explaining the images in non scientific terms whilst introducing the astronomical jargon used by the experts He presents his own previously unpublished images processed from real data and presents both the answers and questions brought to light by the engine of wonder that is the James Webb Space Telescope

The Use of Photography recounts a passionate love affair between Annie Ernaux and the journalist and author Marc Marie after the two met in January 2003 Ernaux had been receiving intensive chemo for breast cancer during the prior three months and had lost all her hair from the treatments At the end of January she had surgery followed by radiation therapy The affair took place in different locations and Ernaux describes how shortly after it began she found herself entranced each morning by the sight of clothes strewn about chairs out of place and the remains of their last meal of the evening still on the table and how painful it felt to put things back in order afterwards She went and got her camera and began to take photographs of the scenes of disarray When she told Marc Marie what she had done he said he had felt the same desire Translated by Alison L Strayer into English for the first time The Use of Photography is an extraordinary meditation on eroticism photography and writing a major work by the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

Sneakers The Classics is a beautifully illustrated anthology of the must have sneaker models In these pages fashion sport culture and history are finely stitched together Every entry features gorgeous photographic spreads in depth historical context technical sheets and aesthetic mood boards reflecting the cultural and stylistic relevance of each shoe including classics like the 1969 Adidas Superstars New Balance 990s from 1982 the gorgeous 2017 Off White Air Force 1s and many more First created as sports shoes sneakers have accompanied many of history s greatest sporting triumphs In tennis basketball and skateboarding from the Olympic Games to the concrete arenas inhabited by budding athletes throughout the world s urban spaces sneakers have helped make the impossible a reality For young activists in the post war era sneakers became emblematic of youthful independence and their bold patterns continue to represent individuality and freedom Written by Maria Luisa Miraldi Director of the Tribeca Design Studio this is a vital body of work for sneakers fans collectors designers and dreamers

A stunning gift for admirers of astrophotography From the number one Astronomy publisher this book showcases the most spectacular space photography taken from locations across the globe Marvel at the wonders of the universe captured by the most talented astrophotographers Be captivated by 140 winning and shortlisted images from the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich These awe inspiring images are submitted in several categories Skyscapes Our Sun Galaxies Our Moon Aurorae Planets Comets and Asteroids People and Space Stars and Nebulae Plus Best Newcomer Image Innovation and Young Competitor categories Each image is accompanied by caption photographer location and technical details There is also a location map showing the origin of all images and a visual appendix of all images The judges are from an expert panel of distinguished astronomy experts The ExhibitionThe National Maritime Museum hosts an exhibition of the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition showcasing these incredible images of the sky www rmg co uk astrophoto

The Barbican s concrete towers and walkways are recognisable to many but few are familiar with what lies inside its private boundaries this is an urban oasis complete with landscaped gardens a church and a school as well as the world famous concert hall and arts complex With over 30 interviews with residents new and old accompanied by stunning photography this book offers a chance to peer into the private homes and lives of those lucky enough to live in this iconic estate

El lenguaje fotográfico, y en particular el lenguaje de la fotografía con ambición documental, está sujeto a múltiples reglas y convenciones. El trabajo de Cristóbal Hara gira en torno a la búsqueda de alternativas a las convenciones de su epoca. En Los ensayos banales, el formato de ensayo, mas conciso que el de un libro, le permite aislar y tratar diferentes aspectos del oficio de fotografo, ilustrandolos con imagenes, algunas conocidas y otras ineditas, realizadas durante sus mas de cuarenta años de trabajo.Los Ensayos Banales tratan aspectos que tienen que ver con la creacion de imagenes y con el oficio de fotografo. Con este decimo ensayo se cierra la coleccion.