Link: Sergio Larrain (1931-2012) grew up in Chile in an upper class cultured family , surrounded by books and art. From the outset, he took photographs freely in the streets with his Leica, which he did not hesitate to place on the ground, resulting in unusual points of view and daring compositions
The Lessons In Sergio Larraín’s Introspection Why a Chilean photographer quit fame in pursuit of mysticism and solitude via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/introspection-4ce0ae3d8e48 Sergio Larraín was never quite a star. But he was a great photographer. Self taught, the Chilean picked up his camera skills during a trip through Europe in the 1950s. When he was 25,…
Valparaiso, four points of view of a mythical city 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…
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/06/26/life-on-the-streets-sergio-larrain-at-rencontres/#1 For a man who worked professionally for barely more than ten years, Sergio Larrain, who died in 2012, had a disproportionately large impact on photography. The author of four books, he is widely considered Chile’s finest lensman, though he became something…
