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...

"Este es un paseo por la ciudad de nuestros antepasados, de nuestros abuelos y padres, la que hoy buscamos heredar a nuestros hijos y nietos. La Ciudad de México está destinada a preservar su memoria hasta la consumación de los tiempos". Alejandro Rosas Jardineras en la plancha del Zócalo, una mujer remando sobre las aguas del canal de la Viga, una inmensa cancha de futbol llanero en la Zona Rosa, una estación de ferrocarril en la esquina de Insurgentes y Reforma. Estas fotografías, como dice Rafael Pérez Gay, "ocupan el pasado y abren una puerta misteriosa hacia el presente. Sin estas ...

Chino Valley was once part of the immense Rancho Santa Ana del Chino grant conferred in 1841 to Don Antonio Lugo, the former alcalde of Los Angeles. Forty years later, a portion of the rancho was sold to Richard Gird, an American entrepreneur and prospector from Tombstone, Arizona. With characteristic Yankee ingenuity, Gird increased his holdings to nearly 50,000 acres in a short period of time, planned and developed the present-day city of Chino, and transformed the valley into an agricultural empire based on sugar beet production. Chino later emerged as the center for the California dairy...

Life and professional career of photographer Moya considered one of the giants of the development of photojournalism in Mexico, particularly during the 70 year authoritarian regime of the political party PRI. Moya combined a sense of social and political journalism with a high artistic value in his photographs, obtaining a balance practiced only by Tina Modotti 50 years before. The book presents 31 photographs shot between 1955 and 1967 and includes images of the death of Francisco Goitia (Impacto, 1960), Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros (1957), Manifestation of teachers with cartel of ...

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...