A Shadow Born of Earth

These modern and unconventional photographs portray an Italy that is very different from the one most people are accustomed to seeing on postcards. In this book, Italy and its heritage of nature, history, culture and humanity are presented from a unique vantage point — the sky — with pictures taken by two of today's most respected specialized photographers.

La obra reúne un conjunto de estilos fotográficos que se van entremezclando en la primera mitad del siglo XX, estructurados en tres períodos: la fotografía artística, momento en el que por primera vez la imagen fotográfica deja de ser sólo producto de la técnica y pasa a formar parte del arte; la fotografía de documento social o fotografía humanista, momento en el que el fotógrafo refleja su entorno cotidiano, la forma de vida y la indumentaria del tipo español y, por último, la fotografía moderna, momento en el que el fotógrafo aprovecha las cualidades innatas del medio...

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...

The largest city in South America north of Rio, Bogota is an urban environment of more than 7 million inhabitants; like other metropolitan areas, Bogota is many cities at once. Looking through Cristobal von Rothkirk's photographic eye, here is all of Bogota-the sophisticated Hispanic city, the South American captial, the complex of urban cultures tattooed with signs of international pop culture. In this book is both a city being reshaped by our times as well as a timeless city with 500-year-old customs and festivals. Von Rothkirk sees the contrasts that show up at street level but even the...