Madrí & Aleti. Inseparables

En la “Presentación” de este volumen de la colección Cartelera del cine en México, 1903-1911, Juan Felipe Leal nos ofrece un panorama sorprendente de los orígenes del cine alemán, todavía insuficientemente documentados, cuyas producciones comenzaron a brillar con luz propia en las pantallas mexicanas a partir de 1906. En ella desfilan inventores de aparatos y equipos como los hermanos Skladanowsky y Oskar Messter; pioneros del uso de máquinas traga-monedas como Ludwig Stollwerck y Curt Harzer; fabricantes de película virgen como la AGFA y la Bauer; cadenas de cines como la...

Africa is a source of amazing bio-diversity and home to some of the planet's most spectacular landscapes. The sights of this awe-inspiring continent are captured with consummate skill and sensitivity by master lensman Michael Poliza. With extensive experience photographing the animals and terrain of Africa, Poliza's viewpoint is shaped by his concern for the fragile eco-systems he chronicles. These images embody the soul of Africa's flora and fauna with a true artist's eye for color and composition. This book will be enjoyed for years to come. Poliza started as a child actor on German TV,...

Everyone puts their silver granite. Arabesques drawings -- The indiscreet eye of the cartoonist -- Photochemical precursors -- A small push -- From scientist to merchant -- First lights: Nicephorus Niepce -- The daguerreotype -- Latin American experiments -- Talbotype or calotype -- Wet collodion -- Comic Photography -- The Dry Plate -- Photographic Industries -- Industrial Visionary -- New concepts in the profession -- Not everything was lost with the world wars -- Mexican Light and shadow. First lights -- Finisecular moments -- In search of images -- Finding ways -- Contemporary nuances --...

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."