| José Ortiz Echagüe: North of Africa Contributor(s): Echagüe, Jose Ortiz (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 8415691084 ISBN-13: 9788415691082 Publisher: Fabrica Editorial OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - Monographs - Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General |
| Dewey: 779.092 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 9.34" W x 11.64" (2.02 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This largely previously unpublished series from one of Spain's greatest masters of photography, Jos Ortiz Echag e (1886-1980), focuses on North African street scenes--a fascinating complement to the better-known images of Spanish people, landscapes and architecture that he created over the course of his life. His distinctive carbon printing technique captured the textures of North African life with all the subtlety of a graphite pencil drawing. As with his Spanish works, his eye for costumes captured many long-defunct clothing styles. That this was the last photography project Echag e undertook at the end of a long career indicates the importance that these previously overlooked but compelling images held for him. Echag e's photographic career could be said to have come full circle with this project, as some of his early seminal works came from his stint as a young military engineer in Morocco. |