Sin miedo al retrato

Ensayo fotográfico de Reynaldo Sietecase que tiene como único motivo los maniquíes que se exhiben para la venta en el barrio de Once, acompañado por un largo poema de su autoría. «...Porque eres algo para todos ya como un desnudo de vidriera.» Homero Expósito Con este epígrafe tanguero abre el libro, inclasificable y hermoso, de Reynaldo Sietecase sobre los maniquíes. Cuando el autor se mudó al barrio de Balvanera/Once, empezó a fotografiar los distintos maniquíes en los distintos negocios del barrio: mujeres, hombres, flacos, obesos, niños, niñas, perros, hombres con cabeza de ...

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...

"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 ...

El tiempo, el viento, la lluvia, el sol... La turba como metáfora de un calor que emana de la tierra. Todo conforma el alma de de un occidente que se antoja lejano pero muy conocido. Conocido en su espíritu, en su música, en su gente. Irlanda