The photobook has boomed with major studies on worldwide and rehional publications but this is the first ever approach to the rich and unknown world of the Spanish photobook in a moment where Spanis
Mujercitos (effeminate man) historicizes the photographs of men dressed as women in the periodical Alarma during the 70's in Mexico. This research examines how these photographs participate in the
American photographer Mark Alor Powell (born 1968) is known for his images of street scenes and unusual characters in urban environments such as Detroit and Mexico City. Winner of RM's fifth Iberoamer
"I try to capture moments that no one sees and make a photo from them. When I seen them in print, a new story begins." Masao Yamamoto Born in 1957 in Gamagori, in the Japanese prefecture of Aichi,
Published in conjunction with exhibitions at the Maison Europeene de la Photographie in Paris and La Tabacalera in Madrid, this book includes a wide selection of previously unpublished urban landscape
This book explores the contemporary monochrome in Latin America. The monochrome is one of the most elusive and complex art forms of modern and contemporary art, and if we consider its origins or meani
The images gathered in this volume function as a paranamic cartography of contemporary Mexico. The photographers have captured the complexity and diversity of the country, renewing our perceptions of
Since 2007 Ractliffe's photography has focused on the aftermath of the war in Angola. Ractliffe writes: "For most South Africans, Angola was perceived as a distant elsewhere-`the border'-where brother
Originally from the Valencia region, Berenguer moved to Barcelona to study. There he lived through the tumult of the final years of the Franco regime and the early years of the transition to democracy
Subjects such as the new fascism of individuality, gestural phonetics, and dif- ferent ways of disseminating words are contrasted with images of the encrypted alphabet transformed into ocarinas, with
There are believers, agnostics, and atheists when it comes to divinities, but almost no one doubts the existence of death. Lest this fear throw a permanent shadow over our souls, we search constantly
For years now, certain places on the planet have rivaled one another in their almost obscene levels of extravagance, gaudiness, and environmental irresponsibility, all fueled by petrodollars. The pers
Founded in 1958, Akadem Gorodok was the principal educational and scientific center of Siberia (in the former USSR), with 65,000 scientists and more than 25 miles of underground rooms. This book by Me
This volume is an expanded edition of the most important study ever published on modern illustrated books in Mexico. Mexico Illustrated 1920-1950 explores the illustration and poster work of great Mex
Erik Kessels' multivolume In Almost Every Picture has long been a coveted and revered classic of vernacular photography. In Erik Kessels: Image Tsunami the Dutch art director has turned his attention
In 1933, the visionary sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-88) began making design proposals for children's playgrounds in New York. The first one, Play Mountain (1933), marked the beginning of the artist's
RM's new Other Literature series highlights the importance of libraries as structures of knowledge and as architectural entities. This volume explores the theme in works by leading Mexican artist Jorg
The iconic images of Che Guevara and Coca-Cola--representations of revolution and capitalism, respectively--both play substantial roles in the Latin American landscape. The photographs in this publica
