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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.

As I recall discovering this book of photographs, I remember the sense of beauty and mystery that remains undiminished almost seventy years after its original publication. On a formal plane, one can easily understand how Man Ray manipulated the optics of the camera, juxtaposing near and far, object against object, space against object, and tactile against transparent. It is also apparent how he deliberately manipulated the process of photographic printmaking, using unusual tones of black, white, and gray to transform content into spaces, forms and surfaces. However, it is not simply how Man...

Este proyecto surge ante la curiosidad de saber por qué la gente se tatúa. El ser humano se viene tatuando desde tiempos ancestrales, pero desde principios de los 90 se hizo mucho más patente y la tendencia no ha hecho más que aumentar. Hoy en día estamos acostumbrados a ver tatuajes de todo tipo, en todo lugar, y en cualquier tipo de persona, pero sin embargo no sabemos la mayoría de las veces qué motivo ha llevado a una persona a tatuarse. Así que llegados a este punto me propuse por lo menos intentar averiguar por qué mis amigos y conocidos llevan tatuajes y documentarlo de alguna ...

In fall 2012, the hardcover edition of this book was released to critical acclaim and received several awards, including the 2013 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for its innovative collaborative approach and design. Now available in a smaller, more afford - able paperback edition, Petrochemical America features Richard Misrachs haunting photo-graphic record of Louisianas Chemical Corridor, accompanied by landscape architect Kate Orff s Ecological Atlasa series of speculative drawings developed through research and mapping of data from the region. Their joint effort...