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Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World
by Claire Garoutte  Publisher Comments In the summer of 2000, two award-winning photographers, Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh, were researching Afro-Cuban religious practices in Santiago de Cuba, a city on the southeastern coast of Cuba. A chance encounter led them to the home of...
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I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection
by Kevin Kwan Publisher Comments While most think of Cuba as a mythical island of rum, rumba, and revolution, period photographs reveal a more complex place. I Was Cuba is an original look at Cuban history as seen through the Ramiro Fernandez Collection arguably the world's leading...
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The Day of the Dead
by Denis Defibaugh Publisher Comments The people of Oaxaca, Mexico, believe the souls of the dead, the antepasados, return every year for a twenty-four-hour visit. They are welcomed into their former homes with gaily decorated altars and offerings of food and gifts. Then they are escorted...
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Martin Parr: Mexico
by Martin Parr Publisher Comments Mickey Mouse with brightly colored saints, Nike logos with Day of the Dead skulls, and Coca-Cola with cacti--here acclaimed British photographer Martin Parr focuses on Mexico's eclectic and colorful culture....
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Making Home in Havana
by Vincenz Pietropaolo Synopsis Havana is a city that rarely fails to captivate. But much of the unique beauty and culture of this historic city is rapidly disappearing. As Cuban society finds itself at a crossroads, Havana is more than ever a city on the edge, for although frozen in...
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Colombia a New Vision 2ND Edition
by Santiago Harker Publisher Comments The hope and tragedy of the Colombian people is richly portrayed in this photographic journey into their mysterious and magical country. Lush images venture deep within scenes of a Colombia preserved by childhood memories, where friendship, family, and...
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Cuba: By Korda
by Alberto Korda Publisher Comments If you don't know his name, you know his photograph-Che staring into the distance like a prophet-that has been reproduced on millions of T-shirts and posters around the world. <P>Korda always said he didn't mind its use on the ubiquitous...
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The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon
by Michael Goulding Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-246) and index....
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Island Dreams Caribbean
by Joan Tapper Publisher Comments Color, vitality, seductive landscapes, and dazzling blue seas--the essential ingredients of the graceful arc of islands distributed around the azure waters of the Caribbean Sea. <BR>The variety and beauty of the islands of the Caribbean, celebrated...
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Here Is Tijuana!
by Fiamma Montezemolo Publisher Comments Tijuana is a border-town in all respects. It hovers between Mexico and the United States, not just physically, but psychologically. Divided into three sections, Here is Tijuana! deals with the socio-cultural issues, the morality and the urban development...
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Historical Atlas of Central America (03 Edition)
by Hall Publisher Comments In this landmark atlas, the authors provide a new interpretation and an innovative synthesis of Central America's history and culture. The volume is lavishly illustrated with close to 140 color and b&w illustrations and more than 400 original full...
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David Bailey: Havana
by David Bailey Publisher Comments Photographer David Bailey has said, self-deprecatingly, that "Havana" "is just a superficial look, not a soul-searching investigation, a quick impression of a place that is unique in its geographical position." But he reveals the importance of that quick...
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Portrait of the Caribbean
by Margaret Zellers Publisher Comments Gingerbread architecture, brilliant blues and greens, and exotic rhythms of open-air markets and carnivals are captured with the eye of an artist and the discernment of a photojournalist....
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A Revolutionary Lens
by Alberto Korda Publisher Comments Alberto Diaz Gutierrez--better known as Alberto Korda--is internationally recognized as the master of revolutionary Cuban photography. His most famous image is his powerful 1960 portrait of Che Guevara, Heroic Guerrilla, which has since become the most...
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Brazil: The Earth Greenery (Wide Angle Books)
by Alberto Taliani Publisher Comments This addition to White Star's series transports readers to the famous beaches, rain forests, and vibrant cities of Brazil. Hundreds of full-color photographs provide a whirlwind tour of this complex country, a country whose legacy extends far beyond its...
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The Idea of Cuba
by Alex (pht) Harris Synopsis Everyone seems to be waiting. A young woman in a pink shirt leans against a pillar. Two men sit on a stoop and look in her direction. Like most Havana streets, this one, Calle Zapatos in Santos Surez, has seen better days. A glance reveals generations of...
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Eyes to Fly with: Portraits, Self-Portraits, and Other Photographs (Wittliff Gallery)
by Graciela Iturbide Publisher Comments In the late 1960s, the great Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo took Iturbide as his assistant. It was a fond and fruitful apprenticeship, but Iturbide eventually sought her own career because, as she says in a conversation with the writer...
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The Cuban Revolution: Years of Promise
by Teo A. Babun Publisher Comments With vivid, unfiltered, photographs, an insider tells the story of the Cuban Revolution as it unfolds. Teofilo Babún Sr., a wealthy Santiago de Cuba businessman and logging camp owner, sensed that the small skirmish near his sawmill...
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So That All Shall Know/Para Que Todos Lo Sepan: Photographs by Daniel Hern?ndez-Salazar [Fotograf?as Por Daniel Hern?ndez-Salazar]
by Daniel (pht) Hernandez-salazar Publisher Comments Introduced by Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Mench? Tum, So That All Shall Know is a moving testament to the horrors of genocide and the power of art to give voice to the silenced and presence to the disappeared....
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El Corazon De La Muerte/altars and Offerings for Days of the Dead (05 Edition)
by Hocker Publisher Comments This is a dual-language book with text in English and Spanish. This is an art book that presents the colorful and magical altars and shrines built to honor the dead in the old Mexican tradition. The Oakland Museum has invited artists to create these...
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