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I made these pictures exactly as if I was taking pictures in WilkesBarre my hometown I was led only by what I could see on the street Of course the extreme newness of this giant country Mexico was shocking to me There really is surrealism in the airMark CohenBetween 1981 and 2003 Mark Cohen travelled to Mexico eight times Seduced by the surrealist qualities he found there Cohen took his camera to the streets of Mexico City Oaxaca City and Mérida as well as other parts of the Yucatán Following his splitsecond impulses Cohen took his signature grab shots often flooding the subjects with the artificial light of the flash His blackandwhite photographs taken at arms length with minimal focus capture the textures and rhythms of gritty city streets and city life Reminiscent of Cohens iconic photographs of workingclass Pennsylvania towns yet imbued with a perceptible sense of foreignness these Mexican images convey the restless energy and strangeness of daily life
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In 1962 a young John Cohen and the young songwriter Bob Dylan went to Cohens East Village loft and rooftop for a few hours to make some photos in a moment of inventionwithout planning and with the freedom that comes from uncertainty recalls Cohen The neverbeforepublished blackandwhite photographs in Young Bob John Cohens Early Photographs of Bob Dylan reveal the soontobelegendary musician on the cusp of fame just before the release of his revolutionary selftitled first album These are pictures from a more innocent time at the beginning of Bob Dylans career Cohen recalled his is what he might have looked like when he first arrived in New York the making of these photographs was quite naïve We werent into creating a persona for Bob I was more interested in documenting what was before the camera and what I was seeing wasnt so clear The session was just a freeflowing pursuit of picture making and taking poses We didnt know what he was going to look like To complement the images Cohen has painstakingly transcribed and edited forgotten radio interviews that aired between 1961 and 1963 The interviews conjure up voices from the past where you can hear a youthful Dylan joking and quipping with WBAIs Cynthia Gooding WNYCs Oscar Brand and WFMTs Studs Terkel With a flourish of color Cohens recently rediscovered Ektachromes shot in 1970 for the album Self Portrait appear at the end of Young Bob These finely constructed self portraits art directed by Dylan himself offer a contrast to the uninhibited loft and rooftop photos and serve as a reminder that just a few years later the famed persona of Dylan had truly been formed and that the young Bob we caught a glimpse of on Cohens rooftop was now and forever gone
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In 1962 a young John Cohen and the young songwriter Bob Dylan went to Cohens East Village loft and rooftop for a few hours to make some photos in a moment of inventionwithout planning and with the freedom that comes from uncertainty recalls Cohen The neverbeforepublished blackandwhite photographs in Young Bob John Cohens Early Photographs of Bob Dylan reveal the soontobelegendary musician on the cusp of fame just before the release of his revolutionary selftitled first album These are pictures from a more innocent time at the beginning of Bob Dylans career Cohen recalled his is what he might have looked like when he first arrived in New York the making of these photographs was quite naïve We werent into creating a persona for Bob I was more interested in documenting what was before the camera and what I was seeing wasnt so clear The session was just a freeflowing pursuit of picture making and taking poses We didnt know what he was going to look like To complement the images Cohen has painstakingly transcribed and edited forgotten radio interviews that aired between 1961 and 1963 The interviews conjure up voices from the past where you can hear a youthful Dylan joking and quipping with WBAIs Cynthia Gooding WNYCs Oscar Brand and WFMTs Studs Terkel With a flourish of color Cohens recently rediscovered Ektachromes shot in 1970 for the album Self Portrait appear at the end of Young Bob These finely constructed self portraits art directed by Dylan himself offer a contrast to the uninhibited loft and rooftop photos and serve as a reminder that just a few years later the famed persona of Dylan had truly been formed and that the young Bob we caught a glimpse of on Cohens rooftop was now and forever gone
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on A Field Guide to Mexican sold at 71.57 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Describes the calls range and male and female markings of more than one thousand species
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With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species and with detailed information on range habitat size and voice this field guide describes and illustrates 1038 species of Mexico Guatemala Belize and El Salvador This text refers to the Paperback edition
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A digital copy of Cutting the Wire Photographs and Poetry from the USMexico Border by Bruce Berman Download is immediately available upon purchase
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This item is in overall good condition Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting writing Binding is intact however spine may have slight wear overall Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable andor active Minor shelf wear overall Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition Orders shipped Monday through Friday Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential Orders shipped Monday through Friday Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential Thank you
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Crossings Photographs from the U, priced at 249.08 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
The United StatesMexico border a ribbon of land some two thousand miles long and ten miles wide that is home to twelve million people is a narrow strip where cultural differences between the two lands are blurred where an atmosphere of transience and crossings dominates Noted photographer Alex Webb has spent more than twentyfive years covering the region and his work captures the humor and pathos paradox and tragedy of life in the borderland Webbs photographs illuminate the precarious world of illegal border crossers tedious waits along the fence latenight bridge traversals clandestine travels north detainments and arrests Yet his images also suggest crossings that are cultural economic and spiritual in nature such as nightclubs and religious celebrations tourists and day laborers fiestas and swap meets Equally striking is his vision of Tijuana El Paso and other legendary border towns Complementing the photographs is an essay by Tom Miller who has been writing about the American Southwest and Latin America for more than three decades and first covered the border with Alex Webb in the 1970s Miller focuses on the constant interweaving of fusion and division unexpected felicity and devastating misery Together writer and photographer offer an indelible portrait of the complex culturally rich land of the border
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Timeless Mexico The Photographs of sold for 91.85 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Hugo Brehme created an idyllic vision of Mexico that influenced photography film and literature for a hundred years His beautifully composed timeless images of lo mexicanocacti and pyramids Indian children and marketplaces colonial buildings and snowcapped volcanoes and peakswere widely distributed and acclaimed both in Mexico and internationally Noted critic Olivier Debroise characterized Brehme as both the first modern photographer of Mexico and the last representative of its old guard and of a certain nineteenthcentury vision Working in Mexico from 1905 until his death in 1954 he was an early mentor to Mexicos most famous photographer Manuel álvarez Bravo and a significant influence on Golden Age filmmakers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio El Indio Fernández Brehmeesque imagery even appears in the work of American filmmaker John Ford and Russian filmmaker Sergei EisensteinTimeless Mexico presents an outstanding selection of Hugo Brehmes photographs ranging from imagery of the Mexican Revolution to scenic landscapes colonial architecture and the everyday life of indigenous peoples Susan Toomey Frost who has collected Brehmes photography for many years provides an illuminating introduction to his life and work She also describes his practice of printing and distributing his photographs as collectible postcardsa practice that together with publication in countless books magazines and tourist brochures gave Brehmes work the wide circulation that made his images of Mexico iconic Art historian Stella de Sá Rego authoritatively discusses Brehmes place in the history of Mexican photography especially within Pictorialism as she reveals how a man from Eisenach Germany came to create an enduring visual mythology of the essence of Mexico
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Photographs of New Mexico sold for 94.41 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
There are few places in New Mexico that Mark Nohl has not photographed since his work began appearing in New Mexico Magazine twentyfive years ago Here is a handsome gathering of Nohls photographs of landscapes people and events Also included are an account of the Santa Fe Trail by historian Mark Gardner an essay on contemporary Native American life in New Mexico by news anchorman Conroy Chino an Acoma Pueblo Indian and reflections on New Mexicos development from the Hispanic perspective by New Mexico Magazine book editor Arnold Vigil An introduction by Pulitzer Prizewinning author N Scott Momaday offers a tribute to the spirit and beauty of New Mexico
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Man and Beast Photographs from sold at 83.58 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Mary Ellen Mark is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has long been fascinated by the complex relationships between people and animalsas she puts it the anthropomorphic quality of animals and the animalistic quality of man This fascination has lured her again and again to Mexico and India two countries that despite their many differences share a primal force that makes the relationship between man and beast even more obvious There is a more fundamental and intimate working relationship between the people and animals and this relationship is something I am drawn too and try to convey in many of my photographsMan and Beast presents an extended photo essay comprising images from Mexico and India that span some forty years Many of the Indian images were taken while Mark was working on her classic book Indian Circus 1983 but most of the photographs have never been previously published Infused with an unsentimental poignancy and a fully intentional anthropomorphism Marks photographs of animals circus performers children and others are sometimes ironic occasionally unsettling but always remarkably engaging Accompanying the images are a photographers statement and a conversation between Mark and Melissa Harris editorinchief of Aperture Foundation covering Marks lifelong passion for animals her experiences photographing them in circuses with their trainers and her efforts to portray the humanity of animals and the lurking beast within humans
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Mary Ellen Mark is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has long been fascinated by the complex relationships between people and animalsas she puts it the anthropomorphic quality of animals and the animalistic quality of man This fascination has lured her again and again to Mexico and India two countries that despite their many differences share a primal force that makes the relationship between man and beast even more obvious There is a more fundamental and intimate working relationship between the people and animals and this relationship is something I am drawn too and try to convey in many of my photographsMan and Beast presents an extended photo essay comprising images from Mexico and India that span some forty years Many of the Indian images were taken while Mark was working on her classic book Indian Circus 1983 but most of the photographs have never been previously published Infused with an unsentimental poignancy and a fully intentional anthropomorphism Marks photographs of animals circus performers children and others are sometimes ironic occasionally unsettling but always remarkably engaging Accompanying the images are a photographers statement and a conversation between Mark and Melissa Harris editorinchief of Aperture Foundation covering Marks lifelong passion for animals her experiences photographing them in circuses with their trainers and her efforts to portray the humanity of animals and the lurking beast within humans
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Graciela Iturbide s Mexico Photographs sold for 75 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Iturbide is modern Mexicos subtlest most profound chroniclerGraciela Iturbide best known for her iconic photographs of Mexican indigenous women has engaged with her homeland as a subject for the past 50 years in images of great variety and depth The intensely personal lyrical photographs collected and interpreted in this book show that for Iturbide photography is a way of lifeas well as a way of seeing and understanding Mexico with all its beauties rituals challenges and contradictions The Mexico portrayed here is a country in constant transition defined by tensions and exchanges between new and old urban and rural traditional and modern Iturbides deep connection with her subjectsamong them political protests celebrations and rituals desert landscapes cities places of burial and Mexicos artistic heritageproduces indelible images that encompass dreams symbols reality and daily life Published to accompany the first major museum exhibition of Iturbides work on the East Coast this volume presents more than 100 beautifully reproduced blackandwhite photographs accompanied by illuminating essays inviting readers to share in Graciela Iturbides personal artistic journey through the country she knows so intimately One of the most influential photographers active in Latin America today Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide born 1942 began studying photography in the 1970s with legendary photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo Seeking to explore and articulate the ways in which a vocable such as Mexico is meaningful only when understood as an intricate combination of histories and practices as she puts it Iturbide has created a nuanced and sensitive documentary record of contemporary Mexico
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Heartland New Mexico Photographs from sold for 70.71 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
Photos by Dorthea Lange and other FSA photographers whose names are less familiar Focus is on agricultural communities settlers fleeing the Dust Bowl the classic Pie Town series and various New Mexico villages Further highgrade ore from the mine of 270000 negatives now held by the Library of Congress Annotation copyright Book News Inc Portland Or
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La Calle brings together more than thirty years of photography from the streets of Mexico by Alex Webb spanning 1975 to 2007 Whether in black and white or color Webbs richly layered and complex compositions touch on multiple genres As Geoff Dyer writes Wherever he goes Webb always ends up in a Bermudashaped triangle where the distinctions between photojournalism documentary and art blur and disappear Webbs ability to distill gesture light and cultural tensions into single beguiling frames results in evocative images that convey a sense of mystery irony and humorFollowing an initial trip in the mid1970s Webb returned frequently to Mexico working intensely on the USMexico border and into southern Mexico throughout the 1980s and 90s inspired by what poet Octavio Paz calls Mexicanismdelight in decorations carelessness and pomp negligence passion and reserve La Calle presents a commemoration of the Mexican street as a sociopolitical bellwetheralbeit one that has undergone significant transformation since Webbs first trips to the country Newly commissioned pieces from noted Mexican and Mexican American authors lend further insight into the roles the streets have played for generations part arterial network part historical palimpsest and part absurdist theater of the everyday
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Iturbide is modern Mexicos subtlest most profound chroniclerGraciela Iturbide best known for her iconic photographs of Mexican indigenous women has engaged with her homeland as a subject for the past 50 years in images of great variety and depth The intensely personal lyrical photographs collected and interpreted in this book show that for Iturbide photography is a way of lifeas well as a way of seeing and understanding Mexico with all its beauties rituals challenges and contradictions The Mexico portrayed here is a country in constant transition defined by tensions and exchanges between new and old urban and rural traditional and modern Iturbides deep connection with her subjectsamong them political protests celebrations and rituals desert landscapes cities places of burial and Mexicos artistic heritageproduces indelible images that encompass dreams symbols reality and daily life Published to accompany the first major museum exhibition of Iturbides work on the East Coast this volume presents more than 100 beautifully reproduced blackandwhite photographs accompanied by illuminating essays inviting readers to share in Graciela Iturbides personal artistic journey through the country she knows so intimately One of the most influential photographers active in Latin America today Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide born 1942 began studying photography in the 1970s with legendary photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo Seeking to explore and articulate the ways in which a vocable such as Mexico is meaningful only when understood as an intricate combination of histories and practices as she puts it Iturbide has created a nuanced and sensitive documentary record of contemporary Mexico
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The United StatesMexico border a ribbon of land some two thousand miles long and ten miles wide that is home to twelve million people is a narrow strip where cultural differences between the two lands are blurred where an atmosphere of transience and crossings dominates Noted photographer Alex Webb has spent more than twentyfive years covering the region and his work captures the humor and pathos paradox and tragedy of life in the borderland Webbs photographs illuminate the precarious world of illegal border crossers tedious waits along the fence latenight bridge traversals clandestine travels north detainments and arrests Yet his images also suggest crossings that are cultural economic and spiritual in nature such as nightclubs and religious celebrations tourists and day laborers fiestas and swap meets Equally striking is his vision of Tijuana El Paso and other legendary border towns Complementing the photographs is an essay by Tom Miller who has been writing about the American Southwest and Latin America for more than three decades and first covered the border with Alex Webb in the 1970s Miller focuses on the constant interweaving of fusion and division unexpected felicity and devastating misery Together writer and photographer offer an indelible portrait of the complex culturally rich land of the border
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Hugo Brehme created an idyllic vision of Mexico that influenced photography film and literature for a hundred years His beautifully composed timeless images of lo mexicanocacti and pyramids Indian children and marketplaces colonial buildings and snowcapped volcanoes and peakswere widely distributed and acclaimed both in Mexico and internationally Noted critic Olivier Debroise characterized Brehme as both the first modern photographer of Mexico and the last representative of its old guard and of a certain nineteenthcentury vision Working in Mexico from 1905 until his death in 1954 he was an early mentor to Mexicos most famous photographer Manuel álvarez Bravo and a significant influence on Golden Age filmmakers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio El Indio Fernández Brehmeesque imagery even appears in the work of American filmmaker John Ford and Russian filmmaker Sergei EisensteinTimeless Mexico presents an outstanding selection of Hugo Brehmes photographs ranging from imagery of the Mexican Revolution to scenic landscapes colonial architecture and the everyday life of indigenous peoples Susan Toomey Frost who has collected Brehmes photography for many years provides an illuminating introduction to his life and work She also describes his practice of printing and distributing his photographs as collectible postcardsa practice that together with publication in countless books magazines and tourist brochures gave Brehmes work the wide circulation that made his images of Mexico iconic Art historian Stella de Sá Rego authoritatively discusses Brehmes place in the history of Mexican photography especially within Pictorialism as she reveals how a man from Eisenach Germany came to create an enduring visual mythology of the essence of Mexico
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La Calle brings together more than thirty years of photography from the streets of Mexico by Alex Webb spanning 1975 to 2007 Whether in black and white or color Webbs richly layered and complex compositions touch on multiple genres As Geoff Dyer writes Wherever he goes Webb always ends up in a Bermudashaped triangle where the distinctions between photojournalism documentary and art blur and disappear Webbs ability to distill gesture light and cultural tensions into single beguiling frames results in evocative images that convey a sense of mystery irony and humorFollowing an initial trip in the mid1970s Webb returned frequently to Mexico working intensely on the USMexico border and into southern Mexico throughout the 1980s and 90s inspired by what poet Octavio Paz calls Mexicanismdelight in decorations carelessness and pomp negligence passion and reserve La Calle presents a commemoration of the Mexican street as a sociopolitical bellwetheralbeit one that has undergone significant transformation since Webbs first trips to the country Newly commissioned pieces from noted Mexican and Mexican American authors lend further insight into the roles the streets have played for generations part arterial network part historical palimpsest and part absurdist theater of the everyday
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This is my country Mariana Yampolsky knew it the moment she opened her window and saw a bougainvillea blooming against a white wall on her first morning in Mexico City in 1944 Her empathy for the Mexican people and their land has guided her work for more than fifty years finding expression in books of dramatic blackandwhite photographs ranging from her early La casa en la tierra and La casa que canta to The Traditional Architecture of Mexico The Edge of Time presents a retrospective of Yampolskys photographic work since 1960 Reflecting her lifelong concerns the images capture rural Mexico and its people with respect and infinite care They function as works of art and as documents of a moment in Mexicos history when lifeways that have endured for centuries face the onslaught of modernization Elena Poniatowska has been Yampolskys friend for many years and in the foreword she describes Yampolskys method of working and includes many quotes from the photographer herself Sandra Berler provides an overview of Yampolskys life and the range of her work Francisco Reyes Palma concludes the text with an exploration of Yampolskys photographic aesthetic
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