La imagen como fábrica

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...

En 1908 se sucedieron tres acontecimientos destacados en México. El primero, de orden contextual, fue la entrevista Díaz-Creelman. El segundo consistió en la expedición del primer Reglamento de Cinematógrafos para el Distrito Federal. Y el tercero se cifró en la fundación de la Unión Cinematográfica, S.A. En efecto, en enero se celebró la entrevista Díaz-Creelman, que según consenso entre historiadores, fue el punto de partida de la búsqueda de una salida negociada —dentro del bloque en el poder— a la prolongada dictadura del “Héroe del 2 de Abril”. En otro orden de...

Life and professional career of photographer Moya considered one of the giants of the development of photojournalism in Mexico, particularly during the 70 year authoritarian regime of the political party PRI. Moya combined a sense of social and political journalism with a high artistic value in his photographs, obtaining a balance practiced only by Tina Modotti 50 years before. The book presents 31 photographs shot between 1955 and 1967 and includes images of the death of Francisco Goitia (Impacto, 1960), Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1957), Manifestation of teachers with cartel of ...

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 ...