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Images from PHOTOGRAPHING GUADALUPE were made in and around Mexico City at the shrine of Tepeyac, the ruins of Teotiucan, the Museo Nacional de Antropología, and the Zocolo. All images were made with a toy snapshot Russian Lomo camera and old fashioned film.
Each year, millions of pilgrims pay their reverent, penitent, and ecstatic respects at this, the most visited site of goddess worship in the western hemisphere. In 2002 Juan Diego, the humble Aztec convert who was visited by Guadalupe back in 1535, was declared the first and only indigenous Saint in the history of the Catholic Church by the ailing pope, despite doubts within the church herself of his historical existence.
This 160 page book contains full spread, two page images, along with several short essays about photography and Guadalupe by Michael Rauner. Also included is an English translation of the oldest surviving written account of the original Guadalupe visit, the Huei Tlamahuitzoltica, written in 1649 in Nahuatl by Luis Lasso de la Vega, a canon lawyer and the Vicar of Tepeyac.
(A technical note: the images in Blurb's preview appear to repeat in the gutter of the book / center of the image. That is to account for the page loss due to Blurb's binding process. The images appear to be more seamless as a printed book then they appear here in the preview. You can see more of this portfolio on my website under "projects" at http://www.michaelrauner.com)
Dimensiones Vertical estándar 160 páginas Papel premium, acabado mate
Categoría Arte y fotografía
Etiquetas goddess, christian, guadalupe, mexico, anthropology
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runningwild dice
This is an outstanding superb book, but why such a tiny camera to do it all? Please get yourself some better camera equipment since you need sharper images and more depth of field ... this is quite extraordinary and very beautiful .. have you thought of showing it to the country's tourist board?
publicado 17 de ene. a las 19:32 PST
Rauner dice
Not to be snide or offensive, but dogma and belief often obscure reality. In this case, it obscures the obvious reality that Guadalupe is worshiped as a goddess, which technically is a heresy to traditional Roman Catholics, but there it is. Anyway, Guadalupe is from Mexico, not Rome, and people worship differently in Latin America, with a very different history. There is more about this and Guadalupe's Aztec origins in the essay of the book. The holy ghost moves in strange and mysterious ways. And genders. Amen!
publicado 13 de dic. a las 12:41 PST
pacitucho dice
As a catholic I don't think this book is offensive at all. I actually think this is a very serious artist book that goes beyond any traditional concept of pilgrimage. It is obvious the the author has a very deep understanding of what it is to be a Guadalupano.
publicado 20 de sep. a las 00:31 PST
TheBarrister dice
"Goddess worship" is a rather snide and offensive comment to Catholics, and shows an absolute lack of understanding on your part with respect to Catholic dogma and beliefs. I also don't buy the "visionary artist" concept here - a book consisting mostly of photographs of paintings and displays is hardly visionary.
publicado 19 de sep. a las 20:15 PST
miracle_head dice
If a book can have a soul, then this book is the patron saint of photography books. Having just wandered through it I feel as if I just got home from Mexico City. This artist is a visionary (and a mighty fine bookmaker to boot).
publicado 04 de ago. a las 21:15 PST
helloari dice
Wow, these image build a great sense of place - i feel a kind of lonely aura from these objects even as they are surrounded by people.
publicado 16 de jul. a las 21:10 PST