Fotografía y arquitectura en el siglo XIX

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 ...

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...

Everyone puts their silver granite. Arabesques drawings -- The indiscreet eye of the cartoonist -- Photochemical precursors -- A small push -- From scientist to merchant -- First lights: Nicephorus Niepce -- The daguerreotype -- Latin American experiments -- Talbotype or calotype -- Wet collodion -- Comic Photography -- The Dry Plate -- Photographic Industries -- Industrial Visionary -- New concepts in the profession -- Not everything was lost with the world wars -- Mexican Light and shadow. First lights -- Finisecular moments -- In search of images -- Finding ways -- Contemporary nuances --...

Is a book of poetry in Spanish, French and English, accompanied by photographs. ""Its nice pictures of nude has been one of my greatest discoveries of Arles."" Jean Claude Lemaigny, former director of the Photography Department at the French National Library.