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

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

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.