The Study of Photography in Latin America: Critical Insights and Methodological Approaches [Paperback]

In this book Nathanial Gardner provides an insider’s perspective to the study of photography in Latin America. He begins with a carefully structured introduction that lays out his unique methodology for the book, which features over eighty photographs and the insights from sixteen prominent Latin American photography scholars and historians, including Boris Kossoy, John Mraz, and Ana Mauad. The work reflects the advances and developments of the study of photography throughout Latin America with certain emphasis on Brazil and Mexico. The author further underlines the role of important institutions and builds context by discussing influential theories and key texts that currently guide the discipline.The Study of Photography in Latin Americais critical to all who want to expand their current knowledge of the subject and engage more robustly with its experts.Nathanial Gardneris a tenured academic in Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of several books, includingComo agua para chocolate: The Novel and Film VersionandThrough Their Eyes: Marginality in the Works of Elena Poniatowska, Silvia Molina, and Rosa Nissán.“This book is unprecedented in its importance for introducing the research, methodologies, and perspectives of the Latin American community of scholars of photography and history into the English-speaking world.”—James Krippner, coauthor ofPaul Strand in Mexico“Gardner’s work of placing these Latin American scholars in their context is formidable. In the end, his conclusions offer an abundant contribution to the study of photography in our region of the world.”—Daniel Escorza Scorpio Mejía, author ofAgustín Víctor Casasola: El fotógrafo y su agencia“Gardner’s work of placing these Latin American scholars in their context is formidable. In the end, his conclusions offer an abundant contributiolóˆ