Fotografía de Casiano Alguacil. Monumentos Artísticos de España

Taking advantage of the extraordinary camera built specifically for Villegas Editores—one that rotates on its axis and takes 360-degree, panoramic pictures—this book gives readers an inside look at 46 of the most recognized buildings and structures in Bogota, in a never-before-seen way. Aprovechando las extraordinarias posibilidades de una cámara fotográfica construida especialmente para Villegas Editores que gira sobre su eje y capta vistas panorámicas de 360 grados, este libro permite deambular por las entrañas de 46 de los más representativos monumentos de Bogotá, de manera nunca ...

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.

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...

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...