Discover historic Latin America through the eyes of its locals and visitors
The New York Public Library presents an evocative visual experiment on the duality of perception
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"Cargando leña, Santa María de Jesús," Guatemala 1988, by Guatemalan photographer Daniel Chauche.
(Image credit: (The New York Public Library Digital Collections / The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs)It is this duality of perception — between the viewer and the viewed —)
"Coffee Picker, São Martinho," Brazil 1936, by American photographer Margaret Bourke-White.
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"Untitled (Man with llama)," Peru 1940-1949 (approximate), by Peruvian photographer Martin Chambi.
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"Studio portrait of an unidentified Peruvian woman," Peru 1860-1880 (approximate), by Peruvian photography studio Courret Hermanos, co-founded by French photographer Eugenio Courret, who settled in Peru in the 1860s.
(Image credit: (The New York Public Library Digital Collections / The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs)Viewpoints: Latin America in Photographs features 104 images taken in)
"Destruction of the siege of Puebla," Mexico 1863, by French photographer Louis Edouard Roussel.
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"High road, Atitlán, Guatemala," 1880-1899 (approximate), by British diplomat and explorer Alfred Percival Maudslay.
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"Costa de Valparaiso," Chile 1890-1899 (approximate), by Chilean photographer Hans Frey.
(Image credit: (The New York Public Library Digital Collections / The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs)The exhibition's geographical scope and broad time span allow for a va)
"Peru," 1977, by American photographer Ed Grazda.
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"Women," Venezuela 1997, by Brazilian photographer Valdir Cruz.
(Image credit: (The New York Public Library Digital Collections / The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs)**Viewpoints: Latin America in Photographs is on view at the New York)
