El daguerrotipo de Toledo

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.

Ensayo fotográfico de Reynaldo Sietecase que tiene como único motivo los maniquíes que se exhiben para la venta en el barrio de Once, acompañado por un largo poema de su autoría. «...Porque eres algo para todos ya como un desnudo de vidriera.» Homero Expósito Con este epígrafe tanguero abre el libro, inclasificable y hermoso, de Reynaldo Sietecase sobre los maniquíes. Cuando el autor se mudó al barrio de Balvanera/Once, empezó a fotografiar los distintos maniquíes en los distintos negocios del barrio: mujeres, hombres, flacos, obesos, niños, niñas, perros, hombres con cabeza de ...

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.

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...