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List of photobooks by photographer Larrain, Sergio
Sergio Larrain was a Chilean photographer (1931-2012); he his most famous for his emblematic work of the cities and the streets of Valparaíso and Santiago. This work was published in two very important books: "El rectángulo en la mano" (Cadernos Brasileiros, 1963) and "Valparaíso" (Hazan, 1991 - A collaboration with poet Pablo Neruda).
Editions Xavier Barral (today Atelier EXB) published a facsimile version of "El rectángulo en la mano" in 2018, and a new edition of "Londres 1959" in 2020.
© Portrait by René Burri / Magnum
Sergio Larrain was a Chilean photographer (1931-2012); he his most famous for his emblematic work of the cities and the streets of Valparaíso and Santiago. This work was published in two very important books: "El rectángulo en la mano" (Cadernos Brasileiros, 1963) and "Valparaíso" (Hazan, 1991 - A collaboration with poet Pablo Neruda).
Editions Xavier Barral (today Atelier EXB) published a facsimile version of "El rectángulo en la mano" in 2018, and a new edition of "Londres 1959" in 2020.
© Portrait by René Burri / Magnum
Impressed by Henri Cartier-Bresson, he will be offered to join the Magnum photo agency after sending his series Los abandonados about the abandoned children of the streets of Santiago. Sergio Larrain would have a carrier as a photo-reporter, working in many countries and for many magazines.
He will however slowly withdraw from the profession and the photography world, to stop completely in the later 1980s when he will fully dedicate his time to meditation, then practicing also drawing.
.French and Spanish versions available. Presentation by Atelier EXB : " This publication gathers Sergio Larrain's photographs made during his stay in London during the 1958-1959 Winter including half of new images – not published in the first edition published by Hazan in 1998. A selection enlarged by the Chilean photographer himself. In London, Larrain...
39,00 €In Stock.French / English and Spanish / Portuguese versions back in stock.Presentation by Editions Xavier Barral : "Published in 1963, this book is Sergio Larrain's very first publication, that would soon become a seminal work for Chilean and Latin American photography. Published in the Cadernos Brasileiros series, in collaboration with the poet and cultural...
35,00 €Out of stock.Sold out. Presentation by Editions Xavier Barral: "Sergio Larrain published only four books in his lifetime, and Valparaíso (1991) is the most memorable of them all. This new edition faithfully follows the unpublished layout designed by Larrain, as a response to the book published two years earlier by Hazan. For the first time, this version presents more...
.Copy sold.Text on the back cover: "Valparaiso était le premier port rencontré par les navires ayant croisé le cap Horn ou le détroit de Magellan. C'était une sorte de station spatiale sur la planète Mars, qu'on atteignait après avoir lutté contre vents et marées, jamais certains d'atteindre la fin du voyage. Neruda habitait une maison dominant le baie....
.Sold out. Ouvrage de référence sur le photographe chilien Sergio Larrain (Magnum Photos), qui - bien que n'ayant été actif qu'entre 1949 et 1971 - restera comme l'un des grands maîtres de la photographie de rue et du noir et blanc. L'artiste a été honoré d'une rétrospective aux Rencontres d'Arles 2013 et une exposition différente présente son travail...
