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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...

A look at the work of sixteen postwar Mexican photographers--including Tina Modetti, Flor Gardegno, and Eugenia Vargas--shows how the photographers explore traditional themes in Mexican culture with innovative styles.

La de 1910 es la última reelección de Porfirio Díaz, quien renuncia el 25 mayo de 1911 obligado por la insurrección maderista, que comienza formalmente el 20 de noviembre de 1910. Pero entre ambos acontecimientos (los comicios de junio-julio de 1910 y el levantamiento armado), los rivales políticos se otorgan una conveniente tregua para celebrar el primer centenario del inicio de la Guerra de independencia nacional. Once años después, en septiembre de 1921, afianzados ya en el poder los caudillos militares sonorenses, se conmemora el centenario de la consumación de la Independencia de ...

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.