Madrid ayer y hoy

En 1908 se sucedieron tres acontecimientos destacados en México. El primero, de orden contextual, fue la entrevista Díaz-Creelman. El segundo consistió en la expedición del primer Reglamento de Cinematógrafos para el Distrito Federal. Y el tercero se cifró en la fundación de la Unión Cinematográfica, S.A. En efecto, en enero se celebró la entrevista Díaz-Creelman, que según consenso entre historiadores, fue el punto de partida de la búsqueda de una salida negociada —dentro del bloque en el poder— a la prolongada dictadura del “Héroe del 2 de Abril”. En otro orden de...

Taking advantage of the extraordinary camera built specifically for Villegas Editores—one that rotates on its axis and takes 360-degree, panoramic pictures—this book gives readers an inside look at 46 of the most recognized buildings and structures in Bogota, in a never-before-seen way. Aprovechando las extraordinarias posibilidades de una cámara fotográfica construida especialmente para Villegas Editores que gira sobre su eje y capta vistas panorámicas de 360 grados, este libro permite deambular por las entrañas de 46 de los más representativos monumentos de Bogotá, de manera nunca ...

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...

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.