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June 20, 2012 5:30 AM Subscribe
Horacio Coppola has died aged 105.
He was the great master of Argentine photography of the twentieth century, and of Buenos Aires in the thirties.
Here is a video of his work, and some stills and some more.
He was the great master of Argentine photography of the twentieth century, and of Buenos Aires in the thirties.
Here is a video of his work, and some stills and some more.
I find photos like this fascinating - I'd not come across his work before, thanks for the post. It always love it when I can see an image taken 80 years ago and recognise instantly exactly where it's taken from.
I had someone on the tour last year who had a photo of his father taken when he visited Buenos Aires in the 1940s. He showed it to me on the off-chance I would be able to tell him where it was. The cafe he was stood outside is still there and I recognised it straight away. We went to see the spot and were able to take a picture of the son in the same spot as the father 70 years later. Strangely the guy seem as impressed by it as I was.
posted by jontyjago at 8:27 AM on June 20, 2012
I had someone on the tour last year who had a photo of his father taken when he visited Buenos Aires in the 1940s. He showed it to me on the off-chance I would be able to tell him where it was. The cafe he was stood outside is still there and I recognised it straight away. We went to see the spot and were able to take a picture of the son in the same spot as the father 70 years later. Strangely the guy seem as impressed by it as I was.
posted by jontyjago at 8:27 AM on June 20, 2012
Did not know of him. Thanks for the introduction - And go on him for his long signficant life.
posted by incandissonance at 8:48 AM on June 20, 2012
posted by incandissonance at 8:48 AM on June 20, 2012
In 1929, Coppola published his first photographs in the book Evaristo Carriego, by his friend Jorge Luis Borges, and these two images portray the Buenos Aires barrio — the mythical Borgian Palermo
As a Borges fan now I know why I feel and connection to the shadows within many of these photographs.
posted by incandissonance at 9:44 AM on June 20, 2012
As a Borges fan now I know why I feel and connection to the shadows within many of these photographs.
posted by incandissonance at 9:44 AM on June 20, 2012
Amazing work. Thank you for this.
posted by Sidhedevil at 7:38 PM on June 20, 2012
posted by Sidhedevil at 7:38 PM on June 20, 2012
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