Casiano Alguacil

Esta investigación describe la fotografía de Casiano Alguacil desde un punto de vista diferente en el que la técnica utilizada, el tratamiento dado a las imágenes y las particularidades de su obra comparten protagonismo con los aspectos formales e iconográficos. Se muestra ante todo la importancia de la fotografía como documento, a partir de la que pueden extraerse múltiples lecturas, así como su consideración de objeto patrimonial y fuente histórica. Monumentos Artísticos de España es el nombre de la serie con la que Alguacil comercializó la mayor parte de sus imágenes y...

Dans une société de plus en plus mobile, il est devenu courant de parcourir le globe plusieurs fois en un seul mois. Les voyages qui duraient autrefois des semaines, se font maintenant en quelques heures. Tous ces périples sont comme une métaphore qui résume l'ascension professionnelle d'Andrew Macpherson, photographe de mode propulsé au rang des photographes de célébrités. Il parcourt littéralement le monde pour réaliser le portrait des personnes les plus connues de notre époque. Il s'embarque également dans un voyage artistique pour apporter une note fraîche et stimulante à...

The Royal Road of the Tejas Indians, El Camino Real de los Tejas, was born hundreds of years ago when the Native Americans followed routes used by buffalo and other animals, realizing that these early creatures knew the best paths to take. Also known as Kings Highway, it later became a major thoroughfare used by travelers from the East coming to Louisiana, Texas, and Mexico. In 2004, El Camino Real de los Tejas took on new meaning when the historical road was designated as the 19th National Historic Trail in the United States. Development is guided by El Camino Real de los Tejas National...

Christoph Drange travelled to Venezuela in early 2013. He focused his attention on the phenomenon of a socialist society that retains several vestiges of capitalism and is characterised by a culture of inequality.His photographs show the encounter between the aspiration and reality of a socialist country, which actually isn't one. Hecho En Socialismo - Socialism Today in Venezuela is more than a documentary snapshot.It is primarily a reflection and self-questioning on the current potential of a socialist alternative in the face of an all-encompassing, global capitalism.German, English and...

Theoretical-critical texts on photographs taken by different authors and time periods, the violence of the documentary photography and a final reflection on the practice of photography and the possibilities of communication of images. Finally, this book is, as far as possible, provides a look again at the photograph made in Latin America, but trying to do so from the decolonized perspective, from a certain autonomy of thought, from the freedom of enunciation.ʺ (HKB Translation) Page 9.