Rastro

La Mirada (the gaze) presents nine outside their country almost unknown Latin American artist-photographers. The works of the last 20 years range from straight photography to the staged image. This title describes not only gaze of the camera directed towards a specific subject, but also the artistic attitude and mental approach of the nine artists and their diverse views on photography.

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...

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...

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...