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"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 ...

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...

Una colección sin igual de más de 550 increíbles imágenes que representan el trabajo de los mejores fotógrafos del mundo, desde la mitad del siglo XIX a nuestros días. Edición actualizada y revisada de nuestro clásico El ABC de la Fotografía que pone al día este libro clave con nuevas adiciones que cubren las últimas evoluciones en el campo de a fotografía. Ordenado alfabéticamente por fotógrafo nos encontraremos con el trabajo de pioneros como Gustave Le Gray o Daguerre, iconos como Robert Capa o contemporáneos como Richard Wentworth, Cristina de Middel o Carolee Schneemann....