Panorámicas urbanas

In fall 2012, the hardcover edition of this book was released to critical acclaim and received several awards, including the 2013 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for its innovative collaborative approach and design. Now available in a smaller, more afford - able paperback edition, Petrochemical America features Richard Misrachs haunting photo-graphic record of Louisianas Chemical Corridor, accompanied by landscape architect Kate Orff s Ecological Atlasa series of speculative drawings developed through research and mapping of data from the region. Their joint effort...

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...

Este libro que publica Juan Felipe Leal con la colaboración de Eduardo Barraza trata de la incursión del cinematógrafo en los viejos teatros y en los modernos y suntuosos coliseos que se construyeron en el país a finales del siglo diecinueve. También se ocupa de la vida dramática y lírica en la Ciudad de México en la primera década del siglo veinte en páginas que nos recuerdan la importancia social que tenían las funciones de teatro, ballet, ópera y zarzuela, con sus correspondientes elencos de autores, compositores y escenógrafos; de empresarios; de divas y divos; de intrigas y...

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...