Comunicación visual

A SPECTACULAR COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS THAT RECORD THE ASTOUNDING BEAUTY, SCALE, AND DIVERSITY OF NINETEEN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. THIS IS A RARE TREAT TAKEN FROM A UNIQUE BIRD'S-EYE VIEW IN A HELICOPTER.

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...

Life and professional career of photographer Moya considered one of the giants of the development of photojournalism in Mexico, particularly during the 70 year authoritarian regime of the political party PRI. Moya combined a sense of social and political journalism with a high artistic value in his photographs, obtaining a balance practiced only by Tina Modotti 50 years before. The book presents 31 photographs shot between 1955 and 1967 and includes images of the death of Francisco Goitia (Impacto, 1960), Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1957), Manifestation of teachers with cartel of ...

En la historia de la cinematografia, que cuenta ya con mas de cien anos, solo se ha hablado de las peliculas pero muy pocas veces del hecho de que estas hubieran sido vistas en algun lugar. Con la aparicion del cine sonoro se tuvo conciencia de que el cine mudo era "historia" y se advirtio que llegaba a su fin la epoca de la cultura de las salas de cine, porque la pelicula sonora planteaba mas bien exigencias tecnicas de sonido, mientras que en el cine mudo la sala se escenificaba como un espectaculo adicional arquitectonico y teatral. Tanto en cine como en literatura se ha relacionado la...