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The charming town of Los Gatos is nestled at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is sometimes referred to as the Gem City of the Foothills. It has inspired hundreds of postcard images through the years, many reflecting the areas abundance of natural beauty. As the town and surrounding area grew and prospered through agriculture, logging, and commerce, the local architecture and landmarks became popular subjects. Glimpses of everyday lifechurches, schools, houses, and businessesfurther enhanced the pictorial history the postcards represent.

This excellent introduction to photography explores how photographers transform everyday things into meaningful moments. It includes examples of work by masters like William Eggleston, Mary Ellen Mark, Helen Levitt, and Walker Evans, and encourages close observation of photographs and the world around us.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's 60 Fotos published in 1930 as the first book in the planned Fototek series on 'New Photography', 60 Fotos is a complex and multi-layered dialogue using some of Moholy-Nagy's finest examples of 'straight' photographs, negative prints, photograms, and photomontage. Books on Books no. 12 reproduces every page spread from this classic treatise on photography along with a contemporary essay from the noted photo-historian David Evans

Microgeografías de Madrid es un bello libro de fotografías que nos muestra una ciudad que aún guarda rincones por descubrir. Cerraduras en mal estado, persianas de colores, construcciones derruidas, puertas esperando ser abiertas, escaleras que nunca terminan... Este es el Madrid que Belén Bermejo representa con sus fotografías y su escritura, un lugar secreto e íntimo que refleja la poética de lo cotidiano. La autora destinará los beneficios íntegros de este libro para proyectos del área de Oncología Médica del Hospital de La Princesa de Madrid.