Fotografía y turismo

En los años 80, el rock argentino vivió quizá su mayor efervescencia: Los Abuelos de la Nada, Sumo, Charly, Fito, Soda Stereo, Los Twist, Virus empezaban a atravesar fronteras de todo tipo. Y las fotografías de Andy Cherniavsky también. "Veo desfilar los años 80 todos los días en mis trabajos, como si fuera un libro de historia; los músicos más importantes pasaron ante mis ojos y sigo atada de alguna manera a todos ellos por su talento y mi admiración por su música", escribe en Acceso directo, sus memorias de aquellos años energéticos, rebeldes, divertidos, inigualables. "Y a...

These modern and unconventional photographs portray an Italy that is very different from the one most people are accustomed to seeing on postcards. In this book, Italy and its heritage of nature, history, culture and humanity are presented from a unique vantage point — the sky — with pictures taken by two of today's most respected specialized photographers.

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...

This volume gathers photographic responses to Latin America's landscape by Eunice Adorno, Daniel Ramón Baca, Ricardo Barcellos, Mayerling García Gutiérrez, Santiago Hartford, Diego Levy, Pedro Linger, Myriam Meloni, Pedro Motta, Ernesto Muñiz Apángo, Mauricio Palos, Leonardo José Ramírez Cardozo, José Luis Rodríguez Maldonado, Juan Francisco Toro Diez and Álvaro Villela.