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Hardcover book of 230 pages and 207 black and white photographies
Av. Corrientes and Av.9 de Julio, Buenos Aires (depicted place).
32 x 23 cm.
For the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Buenos Aires, photographer Horacio Coppola was commissioned by its municipality to portray the city.
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Fara, Catalina. “La construcción de un imaginario de ciudad moderna a través de un fotolibro: Buenos Aires 1936. Visión fotográfica de Horacio Coppola.” Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, vol. 2, no. 1, January 2020, pp. 92–100, doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/lavc.2020.210008. Accessed 23 April 2021.
Príamo, Luis. “Comentario sobre Buenos Aires nocturno.” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, www.bellasartes.gob.ar/coleccion/obra/9909/. Accessed 4 March 2021.
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Coppola, Horacio, et al. Buenos Aires 1936: Cuarto centenario de su fundación. Visión fotográfica. Municipalidad de Buenos Aires, 1936.
Coppola, Horacio. Buenos Aires 1936: Cuarto centenario de su fundación. Visión fotográfica. Municipalidad de Buenos Aires, 1937.
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My deepest thanks to Catalina Fara for sharing her texts.
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Av. Corrientes and Calle Paraná, Buenos Aires; Av. Corrientes 1200, Buenos Aires; Bar Madrid, Av. de Mayo 701, Buenos Aires; Calle Bartolomé Mitre y Maipú, Buenos Aires; Edificio COMEGA, Av. Corrientes 222, Buenos Aires.
Born in Buenos Aires, Horacio Coppola is one of the photographers who represent modern photography in Argentina.
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Grete Stern is one of the photographers that represent modern photography in Argentina. Her house in Ramos Mejía was a meeting place for local and foreign artists and intellectuals.
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The Obelisk is undoubtedly the most well-known emblem of the city; it was built by architect Alberto Prebisch in 1936 for the 400th anniversary of the founding of Buenos Aires.
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