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La guerra civil española (1936-1939) asoló nuestro país con una contienda fratricida que dejaría huellas indelebles en varias generaciones de españoles. Al tiempo, otro combate no menos intenso se libró en el terreno de las ideas, cuya máxima expresión serían la propaganda política y los medios de comunicación de masas. Todas las disyuntivas internacionales (democracia/totalitarismos, intervencionismo/ solidaridad, guerra total/defensa popular, nuevos sistemas de producción de imágenes/instrumentalización política) se dieron cita en nuestro territorio creando un nuevo...

Images of America: Springfield Volume I gave readers a photographic history of the city’s ethnic populations and religions. It also told the story of education and public service in the “City of Firsts.” In Springfield Volume II, author Ginger Zabecki Cruickshank takes readers on a second journey through the past to the origins of the city’s many businesses, transportation systems, and social agencies, such as the YMCA and local hospitals that have served the people of Springfield, as well as some of the best sports stories in the city’s history. The stories and early photographs of ...

Estas memorias de Félix Nadar, reconocida figura del siglo XIX, ofrecen un imprescindible testimonio de los primeros años de la fotografía, que ha interesado a numerosos pensadores de la imagen, de Walter Benjamin a Rosalind Krauss. En las catorce viñetas, verdaderas fotografías en prosa que conforman este libro, Nadar narra, entre otras, sus experimentaciones con el servicio postal aéreo durante el Sitio de París, el terror de Balzac por ser fotografiado, el impacto masivo de la imagen en un célebre caso de homicidio, su descenso a las catacumbas y cloacas de París —momento en el...

This title offers monographs on the most important Spanish, African and Latin American photographers. "The PhotoBolsillo" series is dedicated to publishing monographs on the most notable Spanish, African, and Latin American photographers of the recent past. Each small-format paperback features full-page, full-colour and black-and-white photographs representing the best of the artist's portfolio - each of which is captioned with title and year. Additionally there is a Chronology, plus lists of exhibitions and collections in which the photographer's work has been/is displayed, plus a brief...

This is an anthropological essay that studies social dynamics of Mexicos city from the perspective of its inhabitants. An analysis about the relationship of their everyday life with the history of the city is made from questionnaires and the exhibitions of images to a group of people- taxi drivers, traffic cops, deliverymen of goods, students, housewives, street sellers and middle class motorists.