América Latina, 1960 - 2013: Photographs

by Luis Camnitzer (Contributor)

Published on the occasion of the exhibition América Latina 1960–2013 , this reference work on Latin American photography offers a vast panorama of the continent’s artistic production over the past 50 years. Its 500 color and black-and-white reproductions explore the wealth of photographic practices while shedding light on the historical and artistic contexts that spawned them. In addition to scholarly texts by Luis Camnitzer, Olivier Compagnon and Alfonso Morales Carrillo, artists bios, descriptions of works and a detailed timeline provide a deeper understanding of the visual languages specific to the continent.

400 pages, Hardcover

First published May 20, 2014

About the author

Luis Camnitzer is counted among the most important conceptual artists to emerge from South American in the 1960s. Born in Germany and raised in Uruguay, he moved to New York in 1964 and was at the vanguard of Conceptualism.

Reviews

[Leonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book deserved more attention than I had time to give it. For me it was a window into another world south of the US. The photographers included see the grim side of life there, and there is much of that to see. If you are interested in the struggles of people in Latin America this is a good one to read.