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This book is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Sergio Larrain. Edited by Agnès Sire, who maintained a long correspondence with him and worked with Magnum to preserve his photographic legacy, this monograph is divided into two main sections: Latin America and Europe.
A selection of more than 200 photographs, accompanied by a biography, his letters, drawings, and sketchbooks, which immerse us in the world of this extraordinary artist.
In an article announcing the photographer’s death in *Le Monde* in February 2012, Michel Guerrin wrote: “Sergio Larrain photographs in black and white, mostly on the street. He frames the light in such a way that it gives the impression that daylight is plunged into night. People are like ghostly apparitions. He takes rare liberties to draw the viewer into bold and masterful compositions—sensual and disorienting—as if one were on a rocking ship: high angles, low angles, deep perspectives, blurring in the foreground, and a dramatic play of light...”.
Published by Atelier EXB, 2013
21 x 29.2 cm
400 pages
ISBN: 978-2-36511-020-4
This book is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Sergio Larrain. Edited by Agnès Sire, who maintained a long correspondence with him and worked with Magnum to preserve his photographic legacy, this monograph is divided into two main sections: Latin America and Europe.
A selection of more than 200 photographs, accompanied by a biography, his letters, drawings, and sketchbooks, which immerse us in the world of this extraordinary artist.
In an article announcing the photographer’s death in *Le Monde* in February 2012, Michel Guerrin wrote: “Sergio Larrain photographs in black and white, mostly on the street. He frames the light in such a way that it gives the impression that daylight is plunged into night. People are like ghostly apparitions. He takes rare liberties to draw the viewer into bold and masterful compositions—sensual and disorienting—as if one were on a rocking ship: high angles, low angles, deep perspectives, blurring in the foreground, and a dramatic play of light...”.
Published by Atelier EXB, 2013
21 x 29.2 cm
400 pages
ISBN: 978-2-36511-020-4