Old Havana : spirit of the living city / photographs by Chip Cooper [and] Nestor Marti ; foreword by Eusebio Leal Spengler ; foreword by Robert Olin = La Habana Vieja : el espiritu de la ciudad viva / fotografias de Chip Cooper y Nestor Marti ; prefacio del Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler ; prefacio del Dr. Robert Olin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Chip.

Contributor:

Martí, Néstor.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Central business districts.

Historic buildings.

Architecture.

City and town life.

Havana (Cuba)--Pictorial works.

Havana (Cuba).

Havana (Cuba)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

City and town life--Cuba--Havana--Pictorial works.

Buildings--Cuba--Havana--Pictorial works.

Buildings.

Cuba--Havana.

Architecture--Cuba--Havana--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings--Cuba--Havana--Pictorial works.

Central business districts--Cuba--Havana--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xii, 208 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Other Title:

Habana Vieja

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2012]

Language Note:

In English and Spanish.

Summary:

Photographers Chip Cooper and Nestor Martí turned their cameras on Havana to capture the spirit of the city. In a variety of color photographs, they document a spirit that is vibrant, watchful, colorful, falling apart, energetic, multiracial, and multigenerational. The pictures mix people and urban landscapes in striking color that is both saturated and subtle. The photographers reveal a telling eye for detail and echoes of color and shape, and their work blends seamlessly. Photographs are printed either in full-page or alternating full- and half-page formats. Reproduction quality is fine. Captured with high shutter speeds, each image seems either caught in an unrepeatable moment of time or a timeless, meditative waiting; in the best images, both at once. The book includes forwards by Eusebio Leal Spengler and Robert F. Olin, and essays by Magda Resik Aguirre and Phillip D. Beidler. The text is given in both English and Spanish in a two-column format. The design by Michele Myatt Quinn for the U of Alabama Press gives subtle and attentive use to color and the details of production that make a beautiful book. Oversize: 11x13". Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

ISBN:

9780817317621

0817317627

OCLC:

729721259