El papel del cine colombiano en la escena latinoamericana

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...

Un impactante ensayo fotográfico sobre la Revolución Sandinista en Nicaragua, que comenzó en la década de los setenta, concebido por uno de los grandes maestros del lente, el fotógrafo Pedro Valtierra. Pedro Valtierra tenía 24 años cuando vino a Nicaragua para componer su crónica gráfica de la revolución, enviado por el diario unomásuno, un periódico entonces novedoso, recién fundado en 1977 por un grupo de periodistas independientes encabezados por Manuel Becerra Acosta [...] Cuando entró con su cámara en el paisaje de guerra de Nicaragua, su edad era la misma de muchos de los ...

Nadar, whose real name was Felix Tournachon (1820-1910), was a conspicuous, even astonishing presence in nineteenth-century France. Engaging and quick-witted, he invented himself over and over as a bohemian writer, a journalist, a romantic utopian, a caricaturist, a portrait photographer, a balloonist, an entrepreneur, a prophet of aeronautics. The name "Nadar" was on everyone's lips. Today, it is Nadar's photography that is remembered. His sitters, who were often his friends, included the great men and women of his time: Dumas, Rossini, Baudelaire, Sarah Bernhardt, Daumier, Berlioz, George...

This title offers monographs on the most important Spanish, African and Latin American photographers. "The PhotoBolsillo" series is dedicated to publishing monographs on the most notable Spanish, African, and Latin American photographers of the recent past. Each small-format paperback features full-page, full-colour and black-and-white photographs representing the best of the artist's portfolio - each of which is captioned with title and year. Additionally there is a Chronology, plus lists of exhibitions and collections in which the photographer's work has been/is displayed, plus a brief...