Las fotografías y sus relatos

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...

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 Mirada (the gaze) presents nine outside their country almost unknown Latin American artist-photographers. The works of the last 20 years range from straight photography to the staged image. This title describes not only gaze of the camera directed towards a specific subject, but also the artistic attitude and mental approach of the nine artists and their diverse views on photography.

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.