Machu Picchu
Subtitle: 100 años de fotografía en blanco y negro
By: investigación y curadoría, Javier Silva-Meinel ; textos, José Carlos Huayhuaca, Guillermo Niño de Guzmán, Javier Silva-Meinel
Contributors: Galería Germán Krüger Espantoso
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: ICPNA, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lima, Perú
Language: spa
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9786124092046
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Exhibitions; Black-and-white photography; Pictorial works
Other titles: Machu Picchu :
Description: Commemorative edition celebrating the centennial of the discovery of Machu Picchu. The edition includes 100 years of photography in black and white of the archaeological site of Machu Picchu, since the first images taken by Hiram Bingham or the cleaning process of the historic site. Includes an image of the writer José María Arguedas contemplating the Pre-Hispanic site portrayed by the great Eulogio Nishiyama, as well as international referents of this art, such as the Swiss photographer Werner Bischof, Edward Ranney, Linda Connor, John Cohen, among others. Four generations of Peruvian photographers include Martín Chambi and the photographers from the School of Cusco, as well as contemporary authors like Fernando La Rosa, Billy Hare and Teo Allaín Chambi.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Galería Germán Krüger Espantoso in Miraflores, Lima, Perú.