De luz y plata

Discusses how the people of Mexico honor their loved ones in death through the celebration of All Souls' Day.

Magdalena Solé first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land. Her photographs reveal the stirrings of transformation, however subtle and hard to see, and reflect a Cuba that is both tough and vulnerable. Cuba hasta siempre consists of more than 150 full-color photographs taken by Solé, accompanied by a foreword written by Time columnist and travel writer Pico Iyer. With minimal text, this book offers a view of Cuba beyond the tourist trade and the wealthy upper class. The photographs portray...

El norteamericano Burt Glinn podría ser el fotógrafo extranjero que más testimonio visual obtuvo del minuto histórico que dió un vuelco revolucionario a la realidad cubana contemporánea. Algunos de sus más significativos trabajos han terminado siendo parte fundamentalmente integrante de la memoria visual del proceso que se desencadenó victoriosamente en el país, el 1ro de Enero de 1959. La atmósfera de efervescencia popular y el júbilo callejero de aquella jornada fueron magistralmente recogidos por el ojo inquisitivo del artista, que supo encontrar sentido y trascendencia en los...

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 ...