- Hardcover: 220 pages
- Publisher: Aperture; illustrated edition edition (Sep 30 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1931788227
- ISBN-13: 978-1931788229
- Product Dimensions: 32.8 x 24.4 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #909,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Although not well known outside his native Mexico, Casasola (1874-1938) was one of the "early masters of photo-journalism," writes journalist and novelist Pete Hamill in his stirring and informative introduction to this unprecedented and invaluable collection of Casasola's powerful images of a country in violent transition. Little is known about Casasola himself--portrayed in one photograph hard at work in his darkroom with a pistol on his hip--except that he started out as a reporter, then, around 1900, switched from words to images just in time to masterfully document two cataclysmic events, the horrifically bloody Mexican Revolution and the world-altering Industrial Revolution. Casasola recorded it all, photographing rebel leaders Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, federal troops, rebel soldiers and the soldaderas (courageous women who cared for and fought beside them), and the dead. Possessed of a preternatural sense of the telling moment, Casasola also captured scenes sharply emblematic of the dawn of modernity on the busy streets of postwar Mexico City. Bursting with richly toned, page-filling plates and illuminating commentary, this is a must-have volume for the crucial history Casasola so poignantly illustrates, his artistry, and his profound humanity. Donna Seaman
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A visually soul-searching collection of immortal imagery,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond (Hardcover)
Pete Hamill's articulate and insightful essay provides a very nicely informative context for the more than 150 images drawn from the photographic archives of the Cassola brothers, two early pioneers of photography who captured black-and-white visions of Mexico in the early twentieth century. Memorializing phases of that nation's transformation, revolution, and political change, Mexico: The Revolution And Beyond is a simply remarkable and visually soul-searching collection of immortal imagery which is strongly recommended for professional, academic, and community library History of Photography collections.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A Window into Mexico's Past,
By Marco Antonio Abarca - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond (Hardcover)
Mexico has a great history of producing world class photographers. Along with Hugo Brehme, Augustin Victor Casasola is one of the founders of that tradition. His photographs of the Mexican Revolution have passed into the realm of iconic. Casasola is so esteemed that the Mexican Government purchased all of his negatives and used them as the foundation of a National Photographic Archive.
In 1912, Augustin and his brother Miguel started the Casasola Photo Agency. They hired a number of photographers around the country to take pictures of the great events of the day. Along with portraits of the important people of the time, there are many beautiful photographs of revolutionary soldiers, peasants, urban workers and criminals. A quarter of books photographs are of the Revolution. The rest show Mexico as it was entering into the Modern Age. I especially loved his photographs of Mexico's Jazz Age. This is a high quality publication produced by Aperture. It is hardback book and is 13" by 9.5" in dimension with 155 photographs. All the photographs were made with large format cameras and in turn the photographs are very clear and detailed. This is a great book for both photobook collectors and people interested in the history of Mexico. Highly recommended. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful photos,
By L. R. Unger - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond (Hardcover)
We saw this exhibit at the Museo del Bario in New York City and the photos are wonderful. Many were taken 90 years ago yet they are in beautiful condition and give a wonderful sense of history. The book does complete justice to the photos. Terrific size and detail. It is better than I expected.
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Mexico : The Revolution and Beyond,
By Adam Cohen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond (Hardcover)
A terrific introduction to the work of the relativly unknown [ outside of Mexico that is] photographer Augustin V. Casasola. Casasola ran a small commercial photographic studio in Mexico during the long turbulent years of the Mexican revolution. Although he generaly worked with various medium and large format cameras the work is often astonishingly modern, direct and immeadiate. Covering not only demonstrations, firing squads, battles and the rebel leader Emiliano Zapata, but also intimate portrayals of daily life; its all at a level to obliterate any distintion between photojournalism and 'art' photography. If only we had photographers like this covering todays news and events.
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