El daguerrotipo de Toledo

An intriguing collection of unposed and engaging color portraits of people from all backgrounds and corners of the globe by an award-winning photographer includes the famous "Afghan Girl" photograph and equally memorable images ranging from a bejewelled Indian bride to a Paraguayan cowboy--255 photos in all.

A lo largo de las últimas dos décadas en Argentina numerosos documentales participan activamente en las lecturas que se realizan sobre los acontecimientos, muchas veces traumáticos, del pasado reciente. Este libro reflexiona sobre los modos de evocación que adoptan los filmes que reconstruyen las militancias revolucionarias de los setenta, su represión y las consecuencias que esta genera en la sociedad. Estos documentales de memoria se caracterizan por ciertos rasgos comunes como la apelación a los testimonios y la presentación de sus interpretaciones de los sucesos recordados a...

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.

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.