PATIENTIA

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...

The charming town of Los Gatos is nestled at the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is sometimes referred to as the Gem City of the Foothills. It has inspired hundreds of postcard images through the years, many reflecting the areas abundance of natural beauty. As the town and surrounding area grew and prospered through agriculture, logging, and commerce, the local architecture and landmarks became popular subjects. Glimpses of everyday lifechurches, schools, houses, and businessesfurther enhanced the pictorial history the postcards represent.

Este presente distópico que habitamos a nuestro pesar invita a la evasión, ciertamente, y con ello al kitsch: cuando lo actual no satisface, el pasado es la salida de incendios. Esto es así. Sin embargo, la propuesta que se presenta en Fulgores Vanos: crónicas deslustradas es furiosamente antikitsch, si se permite el neologismo, en cuanto a que no busca el acomodo en aquellos pretéritos que siempre fueron mejores, como dijo aquel, no se apoltrona en la memoria mullida; al contrario, tomando como sujetos y objetos a personajes históricos —la imagen base de muchos de ellos igual a la...

Anthological exhibition of Cuban photography, fifty artists and one hundred images allow an extensive tour of the development of photography in Cuba since its arrival on the island in 1840 to the present. With this exhibition, curated by the specialist Rafael Acosta de Arriba, the exhibition of Cuban photography returns to the Museum's halls. Somehow a similar attempt was made in 1983, when another representative sample of our photography was deployed to date. For the occasion, a catalog has been published in which several specialists discuss photography in Cuba, prominent women photographers ...