25 años explorando el planeta

Did you know that two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature (Hemingway and Faulkner) worked on the story of To Have and Have Not (1944)? Did you know that the origin of the term "paparazzi" comes from Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960) which has a character called Paparazzo who photographs celebrities? Did you know that David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is the longest film which has no woman speaking part? Did you know that in the first Academy Award competition in 1929, Rin Tin Tin polled more votes than anyone else for the Best Actor, but his name was removed from the list of...

The largest city in South America north of Rio, Bogota is an urban environment of more than 7 million inhabitants; like other metropolitan areas, Bogota is many cities at once. Looking through Cristobal von Rothkirk's photographic eye, here is all of Bogota-the sophisticated Hispanic city, the South American captial, the complex of urban cultures tattooed with signs of international pop culture. In this book is both a city being reshaped by our times as well as a timeless city with 500-year-old customs and festivals. Von Rothkirk sees the contrasts that show up at street level but even the...

Madrid ayer y hoy propone una forma visual de acercarse a la historia de nuestra ciudad, a todos esos cambios que se producen día a día en su fisonomía. Mostrando una fotografía antigua y una actual, nos invita a la comparación evocando esas calles, monumentos y plazas tal como se presentaban en el pasado y su apariencia actual. Fotografías Modernas: Álvaro Benítez. Textos: Reyes García y Ana María Écija.

Dans une société de plus en plus mobile, il est devenu courant de parcourir le globe plusieurs fois en un seul mois. Les voyages qui duraient autrefois des semaines, se font maintenant en quelques heures. Tous ces périples sont comme une métaphore qui résume l'ascension professionnelle d'Andrew Macpherson, photographe de mode propulsé au rang des photographes de célébrités. Il parcourt littéralement le monde pour réaliser le portrait des personnes les plus connues de notre époque. Il s'embarque également dans un voyage artistique pour apporter une note fraîche et stimulante à...