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Seguramente alentado por tantos años de amistad y porque siempre fue un entusiasta de mi obra fotográfica, Guillermo Gasió me insistió en que yo escribiese mis memorias. "¿Yo? ¿Hablando sobre mí? No, ni loca. Hacelo vos, si querés. Yo te ayudo si te hace falta." Y así fue como Gasió vino a mi estudio con Mariana Docampo. Fueron cinco años de trabajo en que fui respondiendo a sus interminables sesiones de entrevistas y en que por primera vez abrí mi archivo para una tan extensa investigación. Queda en sus manos, amigo lector, este libro en que veo reflejada mi vida como mujer,...

With Torero, Ruven Afanador juxtaposes the incredible beauty of young bullfighters and old-world Latin traditions with a couture-inspired vision of the opulent costumes and the ritualistic elements of the matador culture, and narcissism, an integral aspect of fashion photography. Afanador opens the door to the famously closed society of bullfighters, offering his elegant, private view of the young matadors raised in a centuries-old Latin tradition, capturing their balletic beauty, and their distinctly erotic aura. Through these iconic portraits, Afanador also gorgeously documents the...

"Follows a fictional Sheffield band from Mexico, in the style of legendary magazine 'The Face' ... The context of the event [Art Sheffield 05] was 'Spectator T', a fictitious art goer without exposure to contemporary aesthetics, and the idea was to present artworks that would challenge this person's preconceived ideas about art. Thus, Toledo created a cover band that sang songs by local Sheffield groups, and named it after the cult Sheffield nightclub, The Limit, which closed in 1992. The band was created in Mexico ... where it played one local concert, then came to Sheffield, where it played ...

Mi Cuba is a great gallery of true-life pictures on Cuba and a whole gamut of images spanning from the typical postcard to an ordinary person's day-to-day life. This book unveils the real face of the island through the nostalgic pages and writings of political refugees, along with the scorching visula commentary of photagrapher Stefanono Pacii recounting Cuba's special period. Gordiano Lupi's content describes the manifold aspects of Cuba's culture: music, santeria, literature, habits, superstition, fun and cuisine.