{"product_id":"9781934978085","title":"In This Place \/ En Este Lugar","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn This Place  |  En Este Lugar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the work of Alfredo De Stéfano is presented in a traditional \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephotographic format, all conceptions of the image contained in that support \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edistance themselves from or even subtly confront the traditional ways in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich photography has addressed the complex universe of time, space and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emovement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis \"... work acquires a dual meaning: that of being a  symbol of emptiness, of the void, of the dead and extinct, and that of being the landscape that is most susceptible to change in any number of ways —paradoxically, because of its vastness and its emptiness. In this sense, the desert is the place that is subject to the rapidest and most drastic changes in its land, due to the extreme conditions under which life is expressed there. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe Stéfano's early interest in the visual arts—especially American abstract expressionism—played in his contemplation of nature..\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria A. Iovino\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt Critic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e++++++++++++++++\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe Stéfano was born in Monclova, Coahuila, a city in the northeastern \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexican desert and has a bachelor´s degree in Communication Sciences \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila. He is considered one of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMéxico´s most important contemporary photographers. He has a passion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the landscape and especially the desert, an environment to which \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eha has traveled countless times, performing art interventions in it and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephotographing it. Among his photographic series, we should mention Of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlaces Without a Future (1992), Remains of Paradise (1996), Replenishing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmptiness (2002) and Brief Chronicle of Light (2005).All these series are \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eset in thedesert. His work has been featured in over ninety group and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esolo shows in various cities on the five continets. His photographs have \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealso appeared in numerous books and magazines. His work forms part of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epublic and private collections in Mexico as well as abroad.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jorge Pinto Books Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060478525680,"sku":"9781934978085","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934978085_p0.jpg?v=1763655869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934978085","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}