Microgeografías de Madrid

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.

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...

"Female nude photography implies great freedom. A woman offers a shape which is 'naturally aesthetic' and contains a 'balanced sensuality.' I find myself utterly astonished by the complexity of the feminine universe and beauty of the opposite sex. This series of images is very different from my other photographic work. Working only with natural light approached the sensuality and individuality of the women like an outsider licensed to explore their feminine universe." Combined with 'Masculine Reflections, ' this book is the "feminine" half of a landmark two-volume set.

A comienzos de la década de los ochenta, se editó Toledo en la fotografía del Alguacil, 1832-1914 un magnífico libro realizado por historiadores toledanos a través del que se rescató del olvido, y se dio a conocer, la figura de Casiano Alguacil. Mediante este estudio, resultado de una labor de investigación en bibliotecas, hemerotecas y archivos fotográficos de distintas instituciones, se pretende demostrar el merecido lugar que Casiano Alguacil ocupa dentro de la historia de la fotografía, ya que, sin duda, fue uno de los mejores fotógrafos españoles de la segunda mitad del siglo...