9781931788229

Book Description: APERTURE, 2005. Couverture rigide. Book Condition: Neuf. Dust Jacket Condition: Neuf. Although not well known outside his native Mexico, Casasola (1874-1938) was one of the "early masters of photo-journalism," writes journalist and novelist Pete Hamill in his stirring and informative introduction to this unprecedented and invaluable collection of Casasola's powerful images of a country in violent transition. Little is known about Casasola himself--portrayed in one photograph hard at work in his darkroom with a pistol on his hip--except that he started out as a reporter, then, around 1900, switched from words to images just in time to masterfully document two cataclysmic events, the horrifically bloody Mexican Revolution and the world-altering Industrial Revolution. Casasola recorded it all, photographing rebel leaders Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, federal troops, rebel soldiers and the soldaderas (courageous women who cared for and fought beside them), and the dead. Possessed of a preternatural sense of the telling moment, Casasola also captured scenes sharply emblematic of the dawn of modernity on the busy streets of postwar Mexico City. Bursting with richly toned, page-filling plates and illuminating commentary, this is a must-have volume for the crucial history Casasola so poignantly illustrates, his artistry, and his profound humanity. Donna Seaman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Book Description Agustín Victor Casasola photographed everyone of consequence in Mexico at the time of the revolution, from Francisco (Pancho) Villa, Emiliano Zapata, and the exiled Russian leader Leon Trotsky to artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. For this splendid collection of Casasola's work, the noted American author Pete Hamill has written a rich essay on the photographer and the Mexico he pictured so well. Essay by Pete Hamill. Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.75 in./220 pgs Voir l'ensemble des Descriptions du produit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Détails sur le produit Relié: 220 pages Editeur : Aperture; Édition : 1st English Ed (14 septembre 2005) Langue : Anglais ISBN-10: 1931788227 ISBN-13: 978-1931788229. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-2414364601

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Book Description: NEW YORK. IL.LUSTRAT TAPA DURA. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. MEXICO. THE REVOLUTION AND BEYOND. LIBRO. Bookseller Inventory # 16185

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