Porter, Eliot, 1901-1990, photographer.

Mexican churches / Eliot Porter & Ellen Auerbach ; essay by Donna Pierce.

First edition.

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1987]
Japan : Dai Nippon Printing Company
©1987

20 pages, 88 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm

The churches of Mexico serve as a cultural and historical documents, providing silent but visual testimony to the tangible environment of the varying epochs of Colonial Mexico. A careful look at these buildings reflects the subtle changes in cultural and political thought, aesthetics, and even economic conditions over the centuries. They provide a glimpse of the setting in which people lived, worked, and worshipped in Colonial Mexico. These churches have never before been photographed so thoroughly to this extent, with such meticulous attention paid to their exuberant detail and splendor. In fact, this book includes photographs of interior statuary and decoration that have never been photographed at all. Under often difficult conditions and low lighting, it takes a master like Eliot Porter to produce such glowing and skillful records. On an extended trip through Mexico in 1956, Porter and a friend, New York photographer, Ellen Auerbach, traveled thousands of miles and visited several hundred churches and chapels. Much of what they photographed no longer exists today or has been considerably altered. Their archive, of which this book represents only a fraction, is a major record of one of Mexico's most important and beautiful institutions.

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9780826310231

Catholic Church Mexico History Pictorial works.
Catholic Church History Pictorial works.
Église catholique Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
Catholic church buildings Mexico Pictorial works.
Church decoration and ornament Mexico Pictorial works.
Santos (Art) Mexico.
Polychromy Mexico.
Christian art and symbolism Mexico.
Documentary photography.
Church decoration and ornament Mexico.
Santons (Art) Mexique.
Églises Décoration et ornement Mexique.
Polychromie Mexique.
Églises catholiques Mexique Ouvrages illustrés.
Églises Décoration et ornement Mexique Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie documentaire.
documentary photography.
Travel
Catholic church buildings
Christian art and symbolism
Church decoration and ornament
Polychromy
Santos (Art)
Bildband
Kirchenbau
Kirchengerät
Mexico Description and travel.
Mexico Church history.
Mexico Church history Pictorial works.
Mexique Histoire religieuse Ouvrages illustrés.
Mexique Descriptions et voyages.
Mexique Histoire religieuse.
Mexico
Mexiko

illustrated books.
photobooks.
Illustrated works
History
Church history
Photobooks.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres de photographies.

Auerbach, Ellen, 1906-2004, photographer.
Pierce, Donna, 1950- writer of added commentary.
Caponigro, Eleanor, book designer.
University of New Mexico Press, publisher.
Dai Nihon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, printer.

Location: Library main 7754
Call No.: ID:87-B21075
Status: Available