Curando el Trauma a través del cuerpo

Nadar, whose real name was Felix Tournachon (1820-1910), was a conspicuous, even astonishing presence in nineteenth-century France. Engaging and quick-witted, he invented himself over and over as a bohemian writer, a journalist, a romantic utopian, a caricaturist, a portrait photographer, a balloonist, an entrepreneur, a prophet of aeronautics. The name "Nadar" was on everyone's lips. Today, it is Nadar's photography that is remembered. His sitters, who were often his friends, included the great men and women of his time: Dumas, Rossini, Baudelaire, Sarah Bernhardt, Daumier, Berlioz, George...

These modern and unconventional photographs portray an Italy that is very different from the one most people are accustomed to seeing on postcards. In this book, Italy and its heritage of nature, history, culture and humanity are presented from a unique vantage point — the sky — with pictures taken by two of today's most respected specialized photographers.

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 ...

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...