Image and Memory: Photography from Latin America, 1866-1994 (English and Spanish Edition) [Hardcover]

FotoFest (Author), Boris Kossoy (Author), Fernando Castro (Author), Marta Sánchez Philippe (Author), Wendy Watriss (Editor), Lois Parkinson Zamora (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1998

FotoFest 1992, a major festival of international photography, brought Latin American photography into focus for a wide audience. Offering a diverse selection of photographers, countries, artistic movements, and subject matter, the shows revealed a photographic tradition rich in history and creativity. Drawing from the more than 1,000 images exhibited by FotoFest, this book documents the work of fifty photographers from ten countries. The photographs range from the opening of the Brazilian frontier in the 1880s to documentary images from El Salvador's recent civil war to works of specifically aesthetic intent. Many of the photographs appear here in print for the first time. Wendy Watriss's opening essay provides the curatorial overview for the book. Lois Parkinson Zamora examines the roots of visual image-making in Latin American cultures. Boris Kossoy addresses the history of Latin American photography through the nineteenth century, while Fernando Castro covers the contemporary scene. With its compelling images and English-Spanish text, this book will serve as a benchmark for future studies of photography in Latin America.

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Smart essays by editor Wendy Watriss and others make it clear that, both past and present, Latin American photography is as vibrant and diverse as the cultures it represents. -- The Wall Street Journal, Taylor Holliday

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This is a very important and exciting book, one whose illustrations alone deserve to be seen. Bringing them together with these essays is a publication that is long overdue, one that will finally be available to North American audiences for both the generalist and the specialist, the artist and the writer. (Michele M. Penhall, specialist in the history of Latin American photography )

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: University of Texas Press; 1 edition (1998)
• Language: English, Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0292791186
• ISBN-13: 978-0292791183
• Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 10.9 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELENTE!!!!!!, October 22, 1998

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This review is from: Image and Memory: Photography from Latin America, 1866-1994 (English and Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Una revisión muy completa de la fotografía Latinoamericana, la reflexión de los grandes estudiosos y los textos son excelentes.

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures, April 15, 2005

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This review is from: Image and Memory: Photography from Latin America, 1866-1994 (English and Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

But this isn't what I thought it was going to be. I guess I shouldn't rate it down for that though.

This is a huge, very gorgeous, very heavy book of photography by regional artists and photographic journalists. The pictures are divided up by countries and by the artists. There is contemporary photography, "artsy" stuff I should say, but then there are also vintage prints and photographs of just everyday life and events in Central America.

Why I was disappointed...I initially got this book because I was under the impression that there would be a lot of photographs, photographic journalism, documenting the civil wars in Guatemala and El Salvador. There is very little of that in this book. So I don't recommend that you buy this book if that is what you are looking for. There is nothing about the war in Guatemala, and there is one very small section on the civil war of El Salvador with a few pages of photos, but I didn't find it to be very satisfying or moving. It wasn't worth it for just a few pages. Luckily I checked the book out from a library and didn't buy it outright.

This is no doubt a great book, it just wasn't what I was looking for. I won't judge it on that though. If you are looking for photographs and journalism from the civil war in El Salvador I highly recommend "El Salvador" by Larry Towell.