Fotografien

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."

El período de la historia de México conocido como la Intervención Francesa y Segundo Imperio Mexicano, es una etapa apasionada y apasionante. La suspensión de los pagos de la deuda externa del país en 1861, por el Gobierno del Presidente Benito Juárez, va a servir de pretexto para que Francia envíe a México un ejército de ocupación, hecho que gestaría la creación de una monarquía propuesta por grupos enemigos de la causa republicana. Termina este período con el fusilamiento, en el Cerro de las Campanas de la ciudad de Querétaro, de Fernando Maximiliano de Habsburgo, Miguel...

The expansive diversity of Colombia and the beauty of its 51 natural parks are vividly presented in this collection of more than 700 photographs. From the Vía Parque Isla de Salamanca to the Old Providence McBean Lagoon, images of each park's landscape are accompanied by informative text, charts, and maps.