La imagen como fábrica

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.

La obra se centra en las formas en que la ficción ha invadido la fotografía en las últimas décadas: la parodia de la tradición científico-documental del medio fotográfico, su propensión a la invención de relatos, la representación de escenas de una supuesta intimidad no invadida y la construcción hiperralista de espacios ficticios y personajes artificiales.

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...

Este manual celebra el espíritu de la fotografía de calle con instrucciones inspiradoras que le ayudarán a captar el momento urbano perfecto. A través de 20 tutoriales de proyectos sencillos, así como cautivadores perfiles ilustrados de 20 fotógrafos de calle de renombre internacional, entre ellos Bruce Gilden, Michelle Groskopf y Trent Parke, el autor le ofrece un recorrido visual por el medio, perfecto para el aspirante a fotógrafo de calle.