Mexican Churches
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In 1956, on an extended trip through Mexico, famed photographer Eliot Porter and his photographer friend Ellen Auerbach visited several hundred churches and chapels. Hundreds of years old, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0826310230
ISBN13:9780826310231
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:University of New Mexico Press
Length:20 Pages
Weight:2.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 9.3" x 10.8"
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Religious Grace In Photographs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a book of photographs of the interiors of Churches in Mexico, and their shrines and alters, and saints which adorn them. Porter's photographs capture a religious grace which is direct, simple, beautiful, and moving. Seeing these pictures gives an outsider into a window on a world in which life may be difficult, but heart and faith are celebrated and strong.
Arquitectonic richness of Mexican churches
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Contiene una amplia colección de fotografías que muestran la gran variedad y riqueza arquitectónica de las iglesias de México, algunas de las cuales son poco conocidas, y que en cierta medida deben su esplendor al sincretismo cultural hispano-indígena. Las fotografías fueron tomadas alrededor de 1956, por el excelente fotógrafo, sobre todo de paisajes, Eliot Porter (quién abandonó la fotografía por la medicina).It contains a large colection of photos that shows the great variety and arquitectonic richness of Mexican churches, some of them are not well know, and their splendor is in certain way product of the cultural hispano-indian sincretism. The photos were taken around 1956 by the excelent photographer, landscape specialist, Eliot Porter (who quit medicine for photography).
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