No Singing Allowed: Flamenco & Photography
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8492480505 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Further documentations remind us that this dance has often functioned subversively: during the Franco regime, for example, signs reading "Flamenco music prohibited" could often be seen in bars and taverns across Spain. A superbly curated and composed volume, No Singing Allowed records both a palpable sense of a lived art and a happy overlap between two popular idioms.. These archival treats are followed by formal publicity shots of stars like Jeanne Rozerot, Marguerite Guillomin and Carmen Sevilla, while other photos draw Pablo Picasso, Leni Riefenstahl, Jean Cocteau and Anais Nin into flamenco's orbit, alongside images of whirling dancers, rapt audiences and little glimpses of the everyday life of flamenco. Photography has offered an account of
BIG gorgeous book happy gifter Breath taking photos from the past and present. When my flamenco friends stop by, all conversation stops as they fall under the spell of this fine book. Not a lot of written commentary.