Valparaiso, four points of view of a mythical city – The Eye of Photography

Valparaiso, four points of view of a mythical city

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And then there is Valparaiso, city fantasised about by all lovers of photography who have, once leafed through, acquired, cherished like a treasure the modest book where, within beige covers, thirty-seven images by Sergio Larrain dating mainly from 1963 are assembled, with a text by his friend Pablo Neruda. Larrain, a real meteorite of 20th century photography offers an essay about this Chilean port city that is both documentary and poetic at the same time