Nereo: Images from Half a Century / Nereo: Imagenes de medio siglo (English and Spanish Edition)

Sixty-three unforgettable images reveal the work of Nereo Lopez Meza, Colombia's most famous photographer. During a career that spanned more than fifty years Nereo worked for his country s best newspapers and magazines, deep in the Amazon jungle, in the streets of Bogota, on the Magdalena River or traveling with personalities such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rafael Escalona, John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VI. In this, the first book published about his work in English, and the first published about his work outside Colombia, the images reveal a master of his trade, and introduce one of the most important photo-journalist in Latin America s history to new audiences.

Sesenta y tres imagenes inolvidables revelan la obra de Nereo Lopez Meza, el fotografo mas famoso de Colombia. Durante una carrera de mas de medio siglo Nereo trabajo para los mejores periodicos y revistas de su pais, en la profundidad de la selva Amazonica, en las calles de Bogota, en el Rio Magdalena o viajando con personalidades como Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rafael Escalona, John F. Kennedy y el Papa Pablo VI. En este primer libro publicado fuera de Colombia dedicado a su obra, Nereo demuestra ser un maestro de su oficio y uno de los reporteros graficos mas importantes en la historia de America Latina.