Fotografía de Casiano Alguacil. Monumentos Artísticos de España

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...

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...

La colección El ojo que ves publica este volumen dedicado a la ganadora del V Premio Internacional de Fotografía Pilar Citoler y una de las fotógrafas europeas más interesantes de la actualidad. Con textos de Quentin Bajac, Kathy Kubicki y Alfonso de la Torre. La obra de Karen Knorr ha generado un hondo compromiso y una fascinación por la taxidermia, los objetos y los espacios; es una práctica conceptual que de forma continua y coherente perturba la mirada institucional. Knorr abarca el pluralismo y la deconstrucción de instituciones, para explorar el lenguaje, el deseo, el género y...