Mexican Churches

In 1956, on an extended trip through Mexico, famed photographer Eliot Porter and his photographer friend Ellen Auerbach visited several hundred churches and chapels. Hundreds of years old, the churches were often far from main roads and only very rarely photographed. In paperback for the first time, Mexican Churches is a glowing record of the exuberance and splendor of these sanctuaries, many of which no longer exist today or have been considerably altered. The devotion and spirituality of the Mexican people is abundantly apparent in the carved statues of saints, the beautifully decorated altars, and the votives, milagros, and other devotional objects arranged on altars and in niches. With an essay by folk art curator Donna Pierce tracing the architectural history of the churches, Mexican Churches is an intriguing glimpse of the settings in which people of Mexico have worshipped for centuries.

Arts & Photography

PORTER, Eliot

Auerbach, Ellen

Religious

Chronicle Books+

Presents color photographs of the architecture and interior decorations and statues of Catholic churches in Mexico

Pierce, Donna

Photography & Video

Univ of New Mexico Pr

A photographic journey through the religious tradition of Mexico shows the blending of Old and New World traditions

Mexican Celebrations

Bol, Marsha C.

Religion & Spirituality

This edition provides the first-ever overview of Ellen Auerbach's photographic oeuvre from 1929 to 1965, examining the artist's avant-grade influences and sensibility for people.

Ellen Auerbach: Berlin-Tel Aviv-London-New York

Ammann, Jean-Christophe

Schubert, Renate

Individual Artists

Prestel

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