El libro de la fotografia / Photography's Book

A look at the work of sixteen postwar Mexican photographers--including Tina Modetti, Flor Gardegno, and Eugenia Vargas--shows how the photographers explore traditional themes in Mexican culture with innovative styles.

Curando el Trauma a través del cuerpo se presenta como una colección de propuestas visuales elaboradas individualmente y reunidas en un mismo proyecto colectivo coherente. Los proyectos fotográficos se ordenan como pasos temáticos para la prevención del trauma a la vez que estrategias de resolución del mismo. Beatriz GlezSa reune a varios/as creativas/os iberoamericanas/os que junto con la misma autora, presentan sus proyectos fotográficos relativos a varias estrategias de curación del trauma a través del cuerpo, presentados por medio de imágenes. La elección de las imágenes se...

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...

Exhibition highlights of the international photographic collection of the Foundation Televisa in Mexico with text by 81 prestigious writers. Each writer was given a copy of a photograph from the collection (from 1840-contemporary digital works) and asked to write an essay. Some of the photographers include: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Anton Bruehl, Robert Capa, Gisele Fruend, Graciela Itrubide, Alfred Stieglitz, Cindy Sherman, Tina Modotti. Some of the writers include: Dore Ahston, Amitav Ghosh, Alvaro Mutis, Hugh Thomas, Jorge Volpi, Mike Wallace, Elena Poniatowska.