Fulgores vanos

In our modern digital age, the polaroid is already becoming a relic of the past. However, the fleeting moment and the uniqueness of it, lend the polaroid a quality beyond its mere merit as a "good" or "bad" photograph. Like a painting, a polaroid becomes an irreplaceable treasure and object of desire, as only one person may own the original. Perfectly lit and composed, these polaroids are Bitesnich's images in miniature, the painterly sketches for later works of art. Though as with most artists, the sketches ultimately become artworks in themselves. AUTHOR Andreas H. Bitesnich started his...

Una visión de Panamá a través de la fotografía, desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad. A través de las imágenes seleccionadas para el volumen es posible realizar un recorrido apasionante por la historia del país, su paisaje, la arquitectura de los pueblos y ciudades que lo componen y la sociedad que lo forma. La selección de imágenes va precedida de un artículo monográfico en los que Alfredo Castillero Calvo reflexiona sobre la historia de la fotografía en Panamá. El libro forma parte de la colección América Latina en la Historia Contemporánea, editada por Taurus y la...

"The birds, now immobile were organized in a scanner and converted into disturbing [photographic] images that maintain their vigorous splendor, sumptuous colors; the eternal presence of the beautiful "Duino Elegies" where poet Rainer Maria Rilke sings to the lethal birds of the soul and the beauty of the angels that announce their death are the inspirational reference for the artist"--Colophon. Includes short story "The man who spoke with birds" by Ethel Krauze.

Eunice Adorno has gained access to Mennonite communities and here documents their lives as the women play with children, braid her and work around the home.