Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Oaxaca.





Oaxaca. Photography by Juan Rulfo. RM, 2010. 80 pp., 50 tritone illustrations, 5½x8½".

Book description:

"Oaxaca has exercised a keen fascination on Mexican photographer and writer Juan Rulfo, since he first visited the state in the 1940s.

In addition to the writings he undertook there, Rulfo also made some 350 photographs, placing an emphasis on architecture, landscape and the native population.

These have been edited down to 50 photos for this beautifully designed homage."


'Oaxaca' was selected as one of photo-eye's Best Books of 2010.


Limited edition:

This special edition of 'Oaxaca' is limited to 100 copies in 4 series (25 photos / series) and includes an original 3.5 x 3.5 silver gelatin print certified and numbered by Fundacion Juan Rulfo. It comes encased in a handmade slipcase box.

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