LARRAÍN, Sergio

About Chilean photographer Sergio LARRAÍN (1931-2012)

Sergio LARRAÍN Echeñique joined Magnum Photos as an associate in 1959 - invited by Henri CARTIER-BRESSON - and became a full member in 1961. He is considered the most important Chilean photographer in history,  making street photography, often of street children, using "shadow and angles in a way few had tried before. Photographs he took in Paris by Notre Dame Cathedral, which revealed scenes of a couple only upon processing, became the basis for Julio Cortázar's story, 'Las Babas del Diablo' (The Devil's Drool), which in turn inspired Michelangelo Antonioni in 1966 for his movie 'Blowup'. Sergio LARRAÍN worked professionally for a little over ten years, stopping in 1972. Following the Bolivian guru Oscar Ichazo, he retreated from public and professional life to live in a Chilean mountain village, Tulahuén, and at an even more remote refuge that he built, taking up calligraphy and meditation. He also wrote and continued to make personal photography, including that of the Chilean port of Valparaíso. Sergio LARRAÍN died in 2012 at the age of 80.

Photo books by and with works/books by Sergio LARRAÍN

  • 'London 1958–59' (1988, 1998, 2002 as well as expanded 2021 with texts by Agnès Sire and by Roberto Bolaño, French/Spanish: 1998, 2020)
    'Valparaiso' (1991, 2017)
    'Sergio Larraín' (1999, by René BURRI)
    'The Latin American Photobook' (2011)
    'Photographs by Sergio Larrain' (2013)
    'Sergio Larraín' (2013, 2014, 2015)
    'Vagabond Photographer.' (2013)
    'El rectangulo en la mano' (2018)
LARRAÍN, Sergio - London 1958-59
LARRAÍN, Sergio - London 1958-59
The powerful black-and-white images in out-of-print photographic volume 'London 1958-59' by Chilean Magnum photographer Sergio LARRAÍN present a vivid portrait of a coal-fired, smoke-filled London long gone.
120,00 € Weight 0.3 kg
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LARRAÍN, Sergio - Londres. 1959
LARRAÍN, Sergio - Londres. 1959
Spanish edition. Chilean photographer Sergio LARRAIN stayed in London for a few months between 1958 and 1959. In the unique atmosphere between cold and humidity, he made the shadows of the city his own. At that time he also became member of Magnum Photos.
from 45,00 € Weight 0.8 kg
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LARRAIN, Sergio - Vagabond photographer
LARRAIN, Sergio - Vagabond photographer
'Vagabond photographer' - here the edition in German language - is the first monograph about the Chilean Magnum photographer Sergio LARRAIN. It is divided into two main axes, Latin America and Europe, and also includes images from his book 'Valparaiso'.
0,00 € * Weight 2 kg
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Zeitblende. Fünf Jahrzehnte MAGNUM-Photographie
Zeitblende. Fünf Jahrzehnte MAGNUM-Photographie
The out-of-print 'Zeitblende' was published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the famous photo agency Magnum. The picture & text book provides an overview of the impressive field of reportage photography that is commensurate with its significance
0,00 € * Weight 2.4 kg
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Fotographers A-Z
Fotographers A-Z
'Photographers A-Z' brings together photographers who have made a significant contribution to photographic culture, as well as the most important photographic volumes of the past century. The entries are illustrated with facsimiles from books & magazines.
from 16,00 €
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