{"product_id":"valparaiso","title":"VALPARAISO","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe first English-language publication of Sergio Larrain's much-prized book which explores his artistic relationship with the Chilean seaport he called home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSergio Larrain (1931–2012) published very few books during his lifetime, but perhaps the most celebrated was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eValparaíso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He photographed this Chilean seaport throughout his career, but it was in the early 1960s, when he returned to his homeland after traveling the world as a Magnum photographer, that it became a focus of his attention. He saw it as \"a sordid yet romantic city,\" standing between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, falling into a slow decline as its trading importance faded away, yet still retaining hints of beauty and magic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSergio Larrain: Valparaíso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is based on a layout designed by Larrain in 1993 in response to the original French edition of 1991. It features a text by Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, specially written for Larrain; an essay by Agnès Sire; and a selection of previously unpublished photographs taken between 1952 and 1992, expanding the original thirty-six images to a total of 120. Handwritten notes and texts by Larrain himself accompany the photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e120 illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THAMES\u0026HUDSON","offers":[{"title":", SERGIO LARRAIN","offer_id":48359924498657,"sku":"9780500544808","price":49980.0,"currency_code":"CLP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/4061\/3307\/files\/9780500544808.jpg?v=1778691518","url":"https:\/\/www.bookland.cl\/products\/valparaiso","provider":"Librería Bookland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}