PATIENTIA

An evocative celebration of the men of gypsy flamenco culture, from one of contemporary photography’s most gifted artists. Known for his edgy photographs, Ruven Afanador amazes again with another collection of images that will seduce and delight. Following up on Mil Besos—which focused on the women of flamenco—Afanador turns his powerful vision to the men of flamenco, with startling results. Photographed in Andalusian Spain, these unique images present a universe inhabited by gypsies, musicians, and most of all the male flamenco dancers, full of beauty and bravado. Captured in arranged...

An incomparable portrait artist and Colombia's most outstanding photographer of the second half of the 20th century, Hernán Díaz is a cultured and versatile professional. Together, the hundred black-and-white photographs collected in this book form a gallery of Colombia's most important social, cultural, and political figures from the 1960s to the present day. Though the subjects are often public figures, Díaz's evident comradery with them brings a rare intimacy to their portraits. A critical study of his work accompanies the reproductions. En la fotografía de escenas y de gentes...

The project "Realities and Desires" by Susana Casarin began in January of 2007 in some areas of high marginalization in the State of Veracruz and in the districts of Netzahualcyotl and Ecatepec on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her photographs graphically documented the life stories of local transvestites and transgender persons highlighting in her images the stigma, discrimination and marginalization of gender suffered by this vulnerable social group. Includes texts by doctor and surgeon Arnoldo Kraus.

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.