In this new edition of London , including previously unpublished photographs and visual references, Sergio Larrain presents a powerful portrait of a city on the brink of a new era.
The book also features a text by the late Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño--written in 1999 specifically to accompany these images--as well as a new essay by Agnès Sire, artistic director of Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, detailing Larrain\'s stay in London..
A few years later, he joined Magnum Photos and set off around the world, before retiring to the Chilean countryside and leaving photography behind.
In the cold and damp, his images captured a tangible darkness in which he could materialize that world of phantoms.
He spent just a few months there, photographing subjects that interested him and embracing the shadows of the city.
In the winter of 1958, Sergio Larrain traveled to London.
In this new edition of London , including previously unpublished photographs and visual references, Sergio Larrain presents a powerful portrait of a city on the brink of a new era
