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

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.

In our modern digital age, the polaroid is already becoming a relic of the past. However, the fleeting moment and the uniqueness of it, lend the polaroid a quality beyond its mere merit as a "good" or "bad" photograph. Like a painting, a polaroid becomes an irreplaceable treasure and object of desire, as only one person may own the original. Perfectly lit and composed, these polaroids are Bitesnich's images in miniature, the painterly sketches for later works of art. Though as with most artists, the sketches ultimately become artworks in themselves. AUTHOR Andreas H. Bitesnich started his...

Discusses how the people of Mexico honor their loved ones in death through the celebration of All Souls' Day.

El trabajo historiográfico, cuando se realiza con rigurosidad e ingenio, carece siempre de punto final. Tal es el caso de este libro que se niega a concluir y que anticipa futuros descubrimientos. La labor de Juan Felipe Leal es de tal hondura, que insufla vida a la letra y hace de ella la volcadura lingüística de una realidad dinámica de la cual cada uno de los lectores somos parte constituyente. En Los Teatros-Salones, Leal se ocupa de la transición del siglo XIX al XX por medio del estudio de la programación de los “teatros de barrio” o “teatros de segunda clase” que...