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With Torero, Ruven Afanador juxtaposes the incredible beauty of young bullfighters and old-world Latin traditions with a couture-inspired vision of the opulent costumes and the ritualistic elements of the matador culture, and narcissism, an integral aspect of fashion photography. Afanador opens the door to the famously closed society of bullfighters, offering his elegant, private view of the young matadors raised in a centuries-old Latin tradition, capturing their balletic beauty, and their distinctly erotic aura. Through these iconic portraits, Afanador also gorgeously documents the...

An incomparable portrait artist and Colombia's most outstanding photographer of the second half of the 20th century, Hernán Díaz is a cultured and versatile professional. Together, the hundred black-and-white photographs collected in this book form a gallery of Colombia's most important social, cultural, and political figures from the 1960s to the present day. Though the subjects are often public figures, Díaz's evident comradery with them brings a rare intimacy to their portraits. A critical study of his work accompanies the reproductions. En la fotografía de escenas y de gentes...

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

Todo lo que hay que saber sobre las películas que no pueden dejar de verse. ¡Ni más ni menos que 1001!. Tanto si busca detalles sobre una película que se sabe de memoria, como si simplemente quiere decidir qué cinta va a alquilar para ver esta noche, encontrará en este volumen la más completa guía cinematográfica, con todo lo que conviene conocer sobre las películas que de verdad cuentan. Cada obra dispone de una documentada reseña que pone la película en su contexto, valora su contribución a la historia del cine y ofrece toda la información relativa a su argumento, intérpretes ...