| Old Havana / La Habana Vieja: Spirit of the Living City / El Espíritu de la Ciudad Viva First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Cooper, Chip (Author), Martí, Néstor (Author), Leal Spengler, Eusebio (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0817317627 ISBN-13: 9780817317621 Publisher: University of Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Spanish Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - Essays - Travel | Caribbean & West Indies - Architecture | Historic Preservation - General |
| Dewey: 972.912 |
| LCCN: 2011022556 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 10.3" W x 12.3" (3.90 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Old Havana: Spirit of the Living City artistically captures the architecture, people, and daily life of La Habana Vieja (Old Havana) through the lenses of two visionary photographers and colleagues, one American and the other Cuban. Chip Cooper and N stor Mart began collaborating in 2008, documenting the picturesque features of the oldest and most historically rich quarter in Cuba's capital city at the behest of Eusebio Leal Spengler, the historian of the city of Havana and the director of the Habana Vieja restoration project. Cooper's and Mart 's images highlight the spirit of change and renewal underlying the restoration of this international treasure and its revival as a vibrant business and residential area. Inspired by the work of twentieth century American photographer Walker Evans, Cooper and Mart , through perspectives both unique and deeply entwined, capture the humanity of the city, in a language at once universal and transcendent. |