¡Así lo vi!: 50 años de fotoperiodismo (Spanish Edition)

This is an anthropological essay that studies social dynamics of Mexicos city from the perspective of its inhabitants. An analysis about the relationship of their everyday life with the history of the city is made from questionnaires and the exhibitions of images to a group of people- taxi drivers, traffic cops, deliverymen of goods, students, housewives, street sellers and middle class motorists.

El presente volumen tiene un significado especial, pues fue en 1898 cuando se exhibieron en México dos desacostumbradas películas de larga duración en una época en la que prácticamente toda la programación estaba constituida por filmes muy cortos: la producción de Enoch J. Rector del encuentro pugilístico entre el estadounidense James J. Corbett y el inglés Robert J. Fitzsimmons, documental de 518 metros de longitud y una duración de 90 minutos, y una Pasión de Cristo que rodó Richard G. Hollaman —presidente del Eden Musée de Nueva York— en la azotea de un gran hotel de la...

As I recall discovering this book of photographs, I remember the sense of beauty and mystery that remains undiminished almost seventy years after its original publication. On a formal plane, one can easily understand how Man Ray manipulated the optics of the camera, juxtaposing near and far, object against object, space against object, and tactile against transparent. It is also apparent how he deliberately manipulated the process of photographic printmaking, using unusual tones of black, white, and gray to transform content into spaces, forms and surfaces. However, it is not simply how Man...

Exhibition highlights of the international photographic collection of the Foundation Televisa in Mexico with text by 81 prestigious writers. Each writer was given a copy of a photograph from the collection (from 1840-contemporary digital works) and asked to write an essay. Some of the photographers include: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Anton Bruehl, Robert Capa, Gisele Fruend, Graciela Itrubide, Alfred Stieglitz, Cindy Sherman, Tina Modotti. Some of the writers include: Dore Ahston, Amitav Ghosh, Alvaro Mutis, Hugh Thomas, Jorge Volpi, Mike Wallace, Elena Poniatowska.