• Harvey Stein Mexico Between Life and Death
  • Harvey Stein Mexico Between Life and Death
  • Harvey Stein Mexico Between Life and Death
  • Harvey Stein Mexico Between Life and Death
  • Harvey Stein Mexico Between Life and Death

Harvey Stein Mexico Between Life and Death

During fourteen trips between 1993 and 2010, Harvey Stein photographed in Mexico, primarily in small towns and villages and mostly during festivals (Day of the Dead, Easter, Independence Day) that highlight the country’s unique relationship to death, myth, ritual and religion. This book is the definitive expression of Stein’s intimate relationship with the people and culture of Mexico.
The images show fragments of what Mexico is, a country of incredible contrasts and contradictions. Mexico is about piercing light and deep shadow, of stillness and quick explosiveness, of massive tradition and creeping progress, of great religious belief but with corruption as a way of life. It is a land of ritual and legend, of vibrant life and dancing skeletons, a country next to the United States yet so far away, and with over 50 percent of its population under 20 years old but where old age is revered. In these masterful photographs, Mexico – Between Life and Death, Stein explores these unsettling disparities.

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Hardcover 30 x 24 cm 176 pages 157 duotone ills. English Available ISBN 978-3-86828-848-3 2018

Artist:

Harvey Stein

Texts:

Harvey Stein

Design:

Kehrer Design

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Exhibitions

Tammy Cromer Gallery, Dallas, Texas
08.12.2018 – 19.01.2019

Leica Store Soho, New York City
06.03.2019 – 28.04.2019

The Dallas Center for Photography, Dallas, Texas
06.11. – 03.12.2019

Book Signings

Book talk and signing
Photoville, Leica Stand
23.09.2018,  1–2 pm

Book talk and signing
Rizzoli Bookstore, New York City
03.10.2018, 6 – 7.30 pm
 
Book talk and signing
B&H Event Center, New York City
10.10.2018, 4 – 6 pm

Book talk and signing
New York Photo Forum, New York City
04.12.2018, 7 – 9 pm

Book talk and signing
Mid-Manhattan Library, New York City
06.02.2019, 6.30pm

Book talk and signing
Salamagundi Club, New York City
27.02.2019, 7 pm

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THE GUARDIAN: October 3rd, 2018

 

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