Libros de Historia y crítica de la fotografía, página 21 de 302

Bahman Jalali ha fotografiado los cuatro puntos cardinales de Irán, ha documentado sus guerras y revoluciones, ha retratado su paisaje desértico, ha registrado la topografía facial de sus gentes y ha demostrado ser un profundo conocedor de la quietud vacia de los pueblos y ciudades iranies. Contemplar las fotografias de Bahman Jalali es presenciar la historia evidente y oculta a la vez de su pueblo: de las calles y los frentes de batalla, de sus revoluciones y guerras, del paisaje deshabitado de sus desiertos y sus pequeños pueblos, y aun de los remotos rincones de sus recuerdos fotograficos. Su obra y su actividad sirven por tanto de indices del importante papel desempeñado por la fotografia en la emergencia de su pais como Estado nacion moderno a lo largo de los ultimos doscientos años, y cartografian los diversos regimenes visuales que han sentado las bases para la formacion de la modernidad en Iran. El registro vivo de una modernidad visual coincidente con una narrativa nacional que hunde sus raices en la conciencia colectiva irani es evidente en su obra y atraviesa las siluetas de su memoria fotografica.

Catálogo de la exposición celebrada en la Fundación de Ferrocarriles (Madrid 20 diciembre 2006 a 28 de enero de 2007). Muestra imágenes de Madrid en 1936 procedentes del Archivo General de la Guerra Civil Española y complementadas con textos de Cesar Vallejo, Nicolas Guillen, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz y Tomas Segovia.

Edición en castellano. La serie Herbarium retrata los componentes esenciales del mundo que habitamos, en esta ocasión dentro del reino botánico de un simple prado en un rincón de su Cataluña natal.

Schapiros Heroes brings together an extraordinary collection of stories in photo-journalistic tradition of people who have shaped our lives, our politics, and our tastes by the celebrated documentarian Steve Schapiro. In behind-the-scenes photographs, we visit the young Muhammad Ali and his Monopoly set, followed everywhere by the neighborhood kids; glimpse the warm family life and campaign of Robert Kennedy, who was so suddenly struck down; see Andy Warhol in photographs never before published; watch Ray Charles perform; visit the set with Samuel Beckett; and march alongside Martin Luther King Jr. One of the most respected American documentary photographers, Steve Schapiro has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. His heroes are the iconic men and women who have influenced the political and cultural climate of our times. Schapiros Heroes is a rare and intimate glimpse of a major period of American history, photographed during the golden age of photojournalism by one of the major talents of the late twentieth century.

To create this stunning collection, Getty Images and National Geographic identified 100 days that represent defining moments of the past 150 years. Featuring scores of rare and unpublished photographs uncovered during its creation, this remarkable book provides new perspective on key events and personalities of the past. Much more than a book of pictures, "100 Days in Photographs" is a compelling visual journey through our age--an odyssey that''s personal and universal, immediate and timeless. To create it, Getty Images and National Geographic identified 100 days that represent defining moments of the past 150 years... and crystallized them with photographs that leap from the page to evoke joy and anger, triumph and despair. Supporting the visuals are firsthand journal excerpts, photographers'' on-site notes, and insightful text by photography historian Nick Yapp. From the Getty Images archive, astonishing images depict major world events: revolution in 19th-century Europe, President Lincoln''s assassination, the Eiffel Tower''s construction from 1887 to 1889, Bleriot flies the English Channel in 1909, the Wall Street crash of 1929, Germany''s Kristallnacht, the British quit India in 1947, and more. National Geographic''s contributions illustrate scientific, cultural, and geographical topics--including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Jane Goodall''s study of chimpanzees, Chernobyl''s nuclear disaster, the cloning of sheep, the attacks of September 11, 2001, and today''s global warming debate. Page after eye-catching page reveals the emotion of an entire event or age captured in a single image--whether of a peasant''s tears, of world leaders sharing a secret, or the triumph of an Olympic champion. Politics, war, crime, technology, achievement, fads, and fashion all figure into the life and legacy of these 100 days. Featuring scores of rare and unpublished photographs uncovered during its creation, this remarkable book provides new perspective on key events and personalities of the past 150 years.

Este libro no es un tratado sobre la fotografía como arte, ni mucho menos una historia sobre el tema. Como en muchos de sus trabajos, Barthes rehuye los senderos más trillados y se lanza a una especie de desciframiento del signo expresivo, del objeto artistico, de la entendida como mecanismo productor de sentido.