Breve historia de la crítica cinematográfica en México

El fotógrafo Carlos de Paz, como buen español cultiva el humor negro, es virtuoso del absurdo. De su caminar por ciudades y pueblos surge un mundo surrealista de fotos encontradas que nos fascinan con su humor vitriólico. En un largo sueño atravesamos desiertos infinitos, desiertos interiores. ¿Qué nos mantiene en vida, nos impulsa a perseverar a pesar de la desidia, del abandono, de la ruina, del feísmo, de la soledad? No todo es tan negro, existen servicios públicos gratuitos, las calles están llenas de asientos lejos del mundanal ruido donde descansar y charlar, el futuro es...

Graphic designer López Castro presents a collection of photographs of street paintings of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a methodological documentation project of a distinctive Mexican folkart he started in 2002 and that culminated in the present book that includes the prologue of anthropologist Roger Bartra. Of the book the author states -"The Guadalupana is the virgin of the poor. That is why in this book I try to make it evident how each Mexican paints her as best as they can, as they need her or with the only purpose of having her present during their daily street walking."

Featuring vivid photographs of the Amazon's native people and their traditions, this extraordinary and exceptional work documents the story of a true adventurer while also providing the valuable research of the legendary explorer Richard Evans. His pupil, Wade Davis, compiled and edited all of his work, resulting in this incredible biographical essay. Incluyendo fotografías vivas de la gente nativa de la Amazonía y sus tradiciones, esta obra extraordinaria y excepcional documenta la historia de un verdadero aventurero mientras provee la valiosa investigación del legendario explorador...

Nadar, whose real name was Felix Tournachon (1820-1910), was a conspicuous, even astonishing presence in nineteenth-century France. Engaging and quick-witted, he invented himself over and over as a bohemian writer, a journalist, a romantic utopian, a caricaturist, a portrait photographer, a balloonist, an entrepreneur, a prophet of aeronautics. The name "Nadar" was on everyone's lips. Today, it is Nadar's photography that is remembered. His sitters, who were often his friends, included the great men and women of his time: Dumas, Rossini, Baudelaire, Sarah Bernhardt, Daumier, Berlioz, George...