Los Gatos

"The birds, now immobile were organized in a scanner and converted into disturbing [photographic] images that maintain their vigorous splendor, sumptuous colors; the eternal presence of the beautiful "Duino Elegies" where poet Rainer Maria Rilke sings to the lethal birds of the soul and the beauty of the angels that announce their death are the inspirational reference for the artist"--Colophon. Includes short story "The man who spoke with birds" by Ethel Krauze.

En este volumen se han reunido, junto con muchas fotografías de la colección del Museo del Estanquillo. Páginas que dedicó a esas imágenes fugaces pero inolvidables en libros, revistas, prólogos, periódicos, catálogos. Estas páginas son espejos del país y de nosotros, imágenes de nuestros recuerdos, Maravillas que son, sombras que fueron, captadas por esa especie de fotógrafo de México que fue Carlos Monsiváis durante cinco décadas.

Discusses how the people of Mexico honor their loved ones in death through the celebration of All Souls' Day.

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...