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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...

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...

La Mirada (the gaze) presents nine outside their country almost unknown Latin American artist-photographers. The works of the last 20 years range from straight photography to the staged image. This title describes not only gaze of the camera directed towards a specific subject, but also the artistic attitude and mental approach of the nine artists and their diverse views on photography.