Marcos López

This excellent introduction to photography explores how photographers transform everyday things into meaningful moments. It includes examples of work by masters like William Eggleston, Mary Ellen Mark, Helen Levitt, and Walker Evans, and encourages close observation of photographs and the world around us.

Una colección sin igual de más de 550 increíbles imágenes que representan el trabajo de los mejores fotógrafos del mundo, desde la mitad del siglo XIX a nuestros días. Edición actualizada y revisada de nuestro clásico El ABC de la Fotografía que pone al día este libro clave con nuevas adiciones que cubren las últimas evoluciones en el campo de a fotografía. Ordenado alfabéticamente por fotógrafo nos encontraremos con el trabajo de pioneros como Gustave Le Gray o Daguerre, iconos como Robert Capa o contemporáneos como Richard Wentworth, Cristina de Middel o Carolee Schneemann....

"The birds, now immobile were organized in a scanner and converted into disturbing [photographic] images that maintain their vigorous splendor, sumptuous colors; the eternal presence of the beautiful "Duino Elegies" where poet Rainer Maria Rilke sings to the lethal birds of the soul and the beauty of the angels that announce their death are the inspirational reference for the artist"--Colophon. Includes short story "The man who spoke with birds" by Ethel Krauze.

"Follows a fictional Sheffield band from Mexico, in the style of legendary magazine 'The Face' ... The context of the event [Art Sheffield 05] was 'Spectator T', a fictitious art goer without exposure to contemporary aesthetics, and the idea was to present artworks that would challenge this person's preconceived ideas about art. Thus, Toledo created a cover band that sang songs by local Sheffield groups, and named it after the cult Sheffield nightclub, The Limit, which closed in 1992. The band was created in Mexico ... where it played one local concert, then came to Sheffield, where it played ...