La imagen como fábrica

For centuries, Rome has exerted a magnetic spell on inhabitants and travelers alike. Elliott Erwitt delves into the heart of this enduring magnetism. With careful precision, he lays bare the unflagging spirit of a magnificent metropolis. Undaunted by history, Erwitt portrays the distinctive mix of ancient glory and casual indifference which is uniquely Roman. With a blend of science and artistry, Erwitt captures forms, textures andthe mark of the true artistatmospheres. A wonderful addition to the Elliott Erwitt series by teNeues.

Estas memorias de Félix Nadar, reconocida figura del siglo XIX, ofrecen un imprescindible testimonio de los primeros años de la fotografía, que ha interesado a numerosos pensadores de la imagen, de Walter Benjamin a Rosalind Krauss. En las catorce viñetas, verdaderas fotografías en prosa que conforman este libro, Nadar narra, entre otras, sus experimentaciones con el servicio postal aéreo durante el Sitio de París, el terror de Balzac por ser fotografiado, el impacto masivo de la imagen en un célebre caso de homicidio, su descenso a las catacumbas y cloacas de París —momento en el...

Tells the participation of women behind the camera since the creation of the National School of Arts and Crafts for Girls in 1910, an idea of president Benito Juárez, which included photography classes to 2010. The richness of the volume lies not only in the text but the very large photographic portfolio constitutes the bulk of the book, with the reproduction of photographs taken by women over 100 years ago.

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...