Aperture 153 - Fall 1998

Rio de Luz

Portfolios and Essays from Latin American photography by guest editor Pablo Ortiz Monasterio.

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Portfolios and Essays from Latin American photography by guest editor Pablo Ortiz Monasterio.

The Mexican book series “Rmo de Luz” was a courageous and energetic presentation of Latin American photography. To honor the accomplishments of the series and the artists, an issue of Aperture is devoted to the “Rmo de Luz” collection.

Photographs by:

Abbas, Constantino Arias, Lazaro Blanco, Agustin Victor Casasola, Hugo Cifuentes, Laura Cohen, Raul Corrales, Rafael Doniz, Victor Flores Olea, Eduardo Frias, Hector Garcia, Graciela Iturbide, Elias Jaber, Eduardo Longoni, Nacho Lopez, Agustin Martinez Castro, Pedro Meyer, Tina Modotti, Daniel Muzio, Jose Luis Neyra, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Rodolfo del Percio, Josep Renau, Jorge Manuel Rilo, Miguel Rio Branco, and Mariana Yampolsky.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 80
Publication date: 1998-11-30
Measurements: 9.62 x 11.36 x 0.36 inches
ISBN: 9780893818135


Table Of Contents

Rio de Luz: The Origins of Rio de Luz
by Victor Florez Olea

Revolutions: The Casasola Archive, Pedro Meyer, and Argentinian Photographers in the Rio De Luz Collection
by Raquel Tibol

The American Way of Life and Cuba
Josep Renau: “The American Way of Life”
by Joan Fontcuberta

The Photographs of Raul Corrales and Constantino Arias
by Alma Guillermoprieto

The Fifties
Before the Flood: Nacho Lopez and Hector Garcia
by Carlos Monsivais

Poetry of the Onlooker
The Eye’s Domain,
by Veronica Volkow

Natural History of Things
Historia Natural De Las Cosas,
by Alvaro Mutis

Sweet Bitter Sweat
Miguel Rio Branco,
by Roberto Tejada

Riding the Rails: Stowaway Sublimity
by Frederick Kaufman

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