Fotografien

SEGUNDA EDICIÓN Un viaje extraordinario, con imágenes inéditas, por la memoria histórica de los barceloneces. 'La Barcelona desaparecida' pretende acompañar al lector en un itinerario por la memoria histórica de la ciudad condal: un viaje extraordinario que revela las personas detrás de las piedras de un tiempo y de un mosaico humano que la evolución urbanística, social y tecnológica han transformado. Los autores, grandes expertos en rincones y personajes barceloneses, han creado una obra gráfica y documental única para redescubrir la Barcelona del siglo XIX hasta los años...

Graphic designer López Castro presents a collection of photographs of street paintings of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a methodological documentation project of a distinctive Mexican folkart he started in 2002 and that culminated in the present book that includes the prologue of anthropologist Roger Bartra. Of the book the author states -"The Guadalupana is the virgin of the poor. That is why in this book I try to make it evident how each Mexican paints her as best as they can, as they need her or with the only purpose of having her present during their daily street walking."

Anthological exhibition of Cuban photography, fifty artists and one hundred images allow an extensive tour of the development of photography in Cuba since its arrival on the island in 1840 to the present. With this exhibition, curated by the specialist Rafael Acosta de Arriba, the exhibition of Cuban photography returns to the Museum's halls. Somehow a similar attempt was made in 1983, when another representative sample of our photography was deployed to date. For the occasion, a catalog has been published in which several specialists discuss photography in Cuba, prominent women photographers ...

A lo largo de las páginas de este libro, su autor nos muestra, además, su enorme empatía y su proximidad humana con unas vidas al borde del abismo. Un "trotafronteras" de mirada experta que se convierte en un testigo incómodo, pero absolutamente necesario, de lo que se practica en la frontera sur española.