A Shadow Born of Earth

The dramatic work of photographer Daniel Hernandez-Salazar and its social and political context are presented in this powerful, comprehensive overview on recent Guatemalan history, which captures the state-sponsored terrorism and mass killings that took place during the country's long civil war.

Images of America: Springfield Volume I gave readers a photographic history of the city’s ethnic populations and religions. It also told the story of education and public service in the “City of Firsts.” In Springfield Volume II, author Ginger Zabecki Cruickshank takes readers on a second journey through the past to the origins of the city’s many businesses, transportation systems, and social agencies, such as the YMCA and local hospitals that have served the people of Springfield, as well as some of the best sports stories in the city’s history. The stories and early photographs of ...

83 fotografías, inéditas en su mayoría, muestran los logros artísticos de Carlos y Miguel Vargas. La pareja de hermanos ganó su fama gracias a sus retratos de estudio y tomas nocturnas de Arequipa: adscritos a las corrientes pictorialistas, buscaban equiparar la fotografía con el resto de las artes, sin dejar a un lado la visión comercial del medio y exploraron sus posibilidades técnicas. Junto a los retratos de personajes de la burguesía y del mundo artístico, representados de manera oficial o festiva, también se encuentran escenas de la vida cotidiana de la ciudad y de sus...

South of the border, a spectacular range of ancient volcanoes rises from the desert floor just a few miles from the Sea of Cortez. Virtually untraveled, the Sierra Pinacate in northwestern Mexico beckons adventurers and scientists. Here, in words and pictures, is a remarkable introduction to this place of almost surreal beauty. Sometimes veiled in clouds or dust storms, the Pinacate have long been shrouded in mystery as well. From prehistoric times until today, people of Sonora have told tales of giants, men and animals, bottomless pits, endless tunnels, hostile Indians, smoking caverns, and...