Cuando era fotógrafo

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.

The book presents the photographs that Vertiz (b. México) shot while traveling for 1 year in India. Poets Blanco (b. México) and Cross write inspired in Vertiz' graphic recollection of the beauty and hardships of the day-to-day in India.

En la década de los treinta del siglo XX, el fotoperiodismo alcanzó su esplendor. La actividad en años anteriores, debido al desarrollo de la prensa ilustrada, propició la toma de conciencia de un colectivo tradicionalmente desunido y acostumbrado a trabajar en solitario. Aunque se ha escrito que la fotografía de reportaje no consiguió su elemento definidor hasta la guerra civil, lo cierto es que años antes, sobre todo tras proclamarse la Segunda República, la información gráfica ya era imprescindible en la prensa periódica.

Anthological exhibition of Cuban photography, fifty artists and one hundred images allow an extensive tour of the development of photography in Cuba since its arrival on the island in 1840 to the present. With this exhibition, curated by the specialist Rafael Acosta de Arriba, the exhibition of Cuban photography returns to the Museum's halls. Somehow a similar attempt was made in 1983, when another representative sample of our photography was deployed to date. For the occasion, a catalog has been published in which several specialists discuss photography in Cuba, prominent women photographers ...