Full Description
Andrew Dempsey spent ten years studying the entire body of Juan Rulfo's photographic work consisting of some 6000 images Daniele De Luigi joined him in his task and together they have made this selection of ma photographs. This catalogue-book the first ever based on familiarity with the entire photographic archive of Juan Rulfo, draws on the majority of the genres he cultivated, each one duly weighed: the buildings of Mexico, the country's varied landscapes, small village life, the family and friends-Including artists and writers-of Juan Rulfo himself. Two texts by Rulfo are included: one on the two sojourns of Henri Cartier-Bresson in Mexico and another on the Mexican photographer Nacho Lupez. The authors of the selection have also contributed texts written from their own highly informed perspectives
