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Una visión de Panamá a través de la fotografía, desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad. A través de las imágenes seleccionadas para el volumen es posible realizar un recorrido apasionante por la historia del país, su paisaje, la arquitectura de los pueblos y ciudades que lo componen y la sociedad que lo forma. La selección de imágenes va precedida de un artículo monográfico en los que Alfredo Castillero Calvo reflexiona sobre la historia de la fotografía en Panamá. El libro forma parte de la colección América Latina en la Historia Contemporánea, editada por Taurus y la...

"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.

Located halfway between Los Angeles and Yuma, Arizona, Indio came into being as a railroad town in 1876 when the Southern Pacific Railroad completed this last link in its southern transcontinental route. Settling this arid land took ingenuity and courage, and Indio’s early residents had both. In the 1930s, Indio became a mining town when 92 miles of tunnel were dug through its eastern mountains for the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the largest construction project in the United States during the Depression. World War II brought Gen. George Patton’s Desert Tank Corps to train nearby and crowd into ...

Las obras presentadas desarrollan una síntesis de mecanismos y técnicas propias de la renovación de los lenguajes del siglo XX, principalmente la apropiación fotográfica, el collage y el trazo informalista, en un afán de celebrar el arte y criticar la sociedad que nos rodea.