"The capital of the 20th century in photobooks, from Berenice Abbott to Thomas RomaNew York in Photobooks gathers and studies a selection of images of the capital of the 20th century, one of the most photogenic and most photographed cities in history. Through a wealth of gorgeous reproductions of photobook spreads, the city of skyscrapers is captured from the zenith of its construction in the 1930s to the destruction of the World Trade C ..."
"When Frida Kahlo died, her husband Diego Rivera asked the poet Carlos Pellicerto turn the Blue House into a museum that the people of Mexico could visit to admire the work of the artist. Pellicer selected those of Frida's paintings which were in the house, along with drawings, photographs, books, and ceramics, maintaining the spaces just as Frida and Diego had arranged them to live and work in. The rest of the objects, clothing, documen ..."
"This PHotoBolsillo volume is dedicated to Venezuelan photographer Ricardo Jiménez (born 1951), whose black-and-white snapshots of the people, spaces and activities of Latin American city life have positioned him as one of the most important contemporary photographers in Venezuela."
"The form of the photo book allows for narrative meaning to arise from the images, and as such, has been used by many of the most preeminent photographers to present and communicate their works. In Spain particularly, the photo book is colored by a complex national history: the Civil War, the transition to democracy, the social and cultural role of the peasantry and the evolving role of women have all been significantly documented via th ..."
Fotografía Pública(1st Edition) Photography in Print 1919-1939 [Fotografia publica] (Spanish and English Edition) von Horacio Fernã¡Ndez, HoracioFernández Martínez, Madrid. Reina Sofia Hardcover, 274 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2000 von Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofía ISBN-13: 978-84-8003-135-6, ISBN: 84-8003-135-2
"Product Description: Using an A-Z encyclopaedia format, this unusual photo reference book, put together in Spain to accompany an exhibition of the same name, focuses on the period between the two world wars. This era, it was felt, represents the flowering of photography as a modern art, and the organizers of the exhibit have unearthed a variety of posters, images and commercial graphics in which urban civilization, political propaganda ..."
"Nueva York en fotolibros muestra y estudia una selección de libros de imágenes que tratan de la capital del siglo XX y la ciudad más fotogénica y fotografiada de la historia. Entre los libros seleccionados se despliega ante nosotros la ciudad de los rascacielos desde su construcción en los años treinta a la destrucción del World Trade Center en 2001, pero también la vida urbana de los neoyorquinos, registrada con un modelo de fotograf ..."
"Este catálogo recoge la investigación llevada a cabo durante varios años por el Departamento de Colección del Museo sobre los fotolibros, un estudio que además, está provocando una relectura de la historia de la fotografía en diversos países. Fotos & libros. España 1905-1977 desarrolla la historia de la fotografía española en 134 fotolibros, muchos de ellos monográficos y prácticamente desconocidos a pesar de estar relacionados con circ ..."
"The aerial photographs of Pablo Lopez Luz (born 1979) rove across the urban landscapes of his native Mexico, capturing scenes of dense civic activity and more pastoral areas on urban perimeters. Luz's bird's-eye viewpoint endows his images with the feel of staged artifice, while also permitting the viewer the rare possibility of appraising a vast spread of visual information, and the extraordinary impact that urban populations have as t ..."
"El Che y Coca-Cola son dos iconos universales que se disputan el paisaje en el subcontinente americano. El primero, es emblema del pensamiento revolucionario, y la segunda representa el American way of life. La confrontación de ambas imágenes da sentido a este fotolibro. En Coca Che dialogan imágenes del revolucionario Che Guevara, desarrolladas a partir de una fotografía de Alberto Korda, con fotografías de la publicidad de Coca-Cola, ..."
"This monograph presents the project by Madrid-based painter Abraham Lacalle, commissioned by CAC Málaga and curated by Fernando Francés. The exhibition features three large-format canvases and seventeen drawings devoted to the subject of battlefields. Following in the tradition of history and narrative painting, the works reach beyond the military engagements they portray to offer a reflection on the internal conflicts between humans an ..."
L Cuadernos fotográficos de La Kursala n. 50 von Jesús Micó, HoracioFernández, G. Golpe Spiral, 138 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2015 von Servicio De Publicaciones De La Universidad De Cádiz ISBN-13: 978-84-9828-530-7, ISBN: 84-9828-530-5
"L es el título del libro que es el catálogo de la exposición fotográfica que reúne la trayectoria de la sala Kursala y su colección de fotolibros: 50 exposiciones y 50 fotolibros de la colección Cuadernos fotográficos de La Kursala."
"Cuando Frida Kahlo muere Diego Rivera, marido, ex marido y viudo de Frida, le pide al poeta Carlos Pellicer que convierta la Casa Azul en un museo para que el pueblo de México pueda visitarla y admirar la obra de la artista. Pellicer seleccionó los cuadros de Frida que estaban en la casa, así como algunos dibujos, fotos, libros y cerámicas conservando los espacios tal cual los había adaptado el matrimonio para vivir y trabajar. El rest ..."
"Jose Val del Omar (Granada 1904-Madrid 1982) cannot be described as having had a very specific activity, although his main support was film. He belonged to a generation that believed cinema was an art in its own right, rather than as the opium of the people. On the other hand, if he must be linked to film, it is as an outside creator, with few existing works, at least with respect to the amount that is currently preserved. He was an ecc ..."
"CUANDO FRIDA KAHLO MUERE DIEGO RIVERA, MARIDO, EX MARIDO Y VIUDO DE FRIDA, LE PIDE AL POETA CARLOS PELLICER QUE CONVIERTA LA CASA AZUL EN UN MUSEO PARA QUE EL PUEBLO DE MÉXICO PUEDA VISITARLA Y ADMIRAR LA OBRA DE LA ARTISTA. PELLICER SELECCIONÓ LOS CUADROS DE FRIDA QUE ESTABAN EN LA CASA, ASÍ COMO ALGUNOS DIBUJOS, FOTOS, LIBROS Y CERÁMICAS CONSERVANDO LOS ESPACIOS TAL CUAL LOS HABÍA ADAPTADO EL MATRIMONIO PARA VIVIR Y TRABAJAR. EL RESTO ..."