Los Gatos

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 ...

‘He aquí la prueba de que la suciedad también produce excelencia.’ - Lupe Pinar - ‘Las fiestas de Gran Cañón Mogambo tienen algo que no reconozco en la vida que llevo porque no creía posible que la diversión y el amor pudieran representarse así. Xurxo hace fotografías a las que yo haría fotos si estuvieran expuestas. Me hace pensar que he ignorado a una parte importante de mi generación.’ - Adrián Fauro - ‘A base de fogonazos, en este libro se traza un arco salvaje por la juventud de un muchacho único que, en la sombra de la universidad, encendió fuegos poderosos y se...

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.

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...