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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814345603321

Autore

Mraz John

Titolo

Nacho López, Mexican photographer [[electronic resource] /] / John Mraz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8166-9422-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Visible evidence ; ; v. 14

Disciplina

770/.92

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Soggetti

Photojournalism - Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Photographs; Preface; Author's Note; 1. Documenting Mexico; 2. Photojournalism and Photoessays during the 1950's; 3. Photoessays by Nacho López; 4. Thinking about Documentary; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Photographer Nacho López was Mexico's Eugene Smith, fusing social commitment with searing imagery to dramatize the plight of the the marginalized in the pages of glossy magazines. In Nacho López, Mexican Photographer, John Mraz offers the first full-length study in English of this influential photojournalist and provides a close visual analysis of more than fifty of López's most important photographs.