100 Spanish photographers


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Joan Fontcuberta : la imagen como señuelo


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The aim of Spanish photographer Joan Fontcuberta (born 1955) has always been to destabilize the veracity attributed to photography, whether through image or story manipulation. This third edition of a PHotoBolsillo classic offers a tour across the oeuvre of a true innovator in contemporary photography.




Ramón Gómez de la Serna


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A celebrity in his own day, who gave lectures dressed as Napoleon or seated on the back of an elephant, Ramón Gómez de la Serna is the most representative writer of the interwar Spanish avant-garde. This book explores Gómez de la Serna's art and his quest to break down the barriers between literature and life, addressing two elements - already present in his work - of radical relevance in today's cultural debates: the relation of humans to the material world and the reduction of all experience to a singular individuality. Bringing Gómez de la Serna to an Anglophone audience, it reveals him to be the embodiment of a new kind of art on both sides of the Atlantic.




American Photography


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Nophoto


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United by an intense passion and an aesthetic vision of its own, NOPHOTO breathes fresh air into contemporary photography In 2005, Jonas Bel, Matias Costa, Inaki Domingo, Paco Gomez, Jorquera, Carlos Lujan, Juan Millas, Eduardo Nave, Tanit Plana, Eva Sala, Juan Santos, Carlos Sanva, Marta Soul and Juan Valbuena founded NOPHOTO, a collective that was unveiled at PHotoEspana with several actions that were held in a container named NOCONTAINER. Photographers originally, they are all most importantly multidisciplinary creators, experimental artists whose prime goal is not to make art but instead to make good reports. More than reflecting reality, 'NOPHOTO' reflects on reality, but without succumbing to the impossible temptation of explaining it. The only thing forbidden in 'NOPHOTO' is not to take pictures. Not taking pictures is tantamount to not having taken a good look. Not having paid attention. 63 colour










The Photographic Impressionists of Spain


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This is a study of the aesthetics and techniques of Spanish pictorial photography. Special emphasis is placed on work of the photographic impressionists, the critical stages in the evolution of photography's artistic status, and Spanish pictorialism from 1900 through the post-war period.