Nonfiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Photography. MAGIC EYES is a collaboration that grew out of Wendy Ewald's experiences in the village of Raquira in the Colombian Andes between 1982 and 1984. The book combines photographs taken by Ewald and her students with stories told by two local women, Maria Vasquez and her daughter, Alicia. Together, Ewald's students and the Vasquezes present the images and experiences of what Barbara Majuica has called "the rich Andean folk culture, in which magic and nature are inseparable ...
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Nonfiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Photography. MAGIC EYES is a collaboration that grew out of Wendy Ewald's experiences in the village of Raquira in the Colombian Andes between 1982 and 1984. The book combines photographs taken by Ewald and her students with stories told by two local women, Maria Vasquez and her daughter, Alicia. Together, Ewald's students and the Vasquezes present the images and experiences of what Barbara Majuica has called "the rich Andean folk culture, in which magic and nature are inseparable components of equal value." The magic eyes belong to Alicia, who recounts her story of the evil eye, which she associates with the camera lens. Alicia and her mother powerfully convey the difficult life in the squatter settlements outside of Bogata. Great poverty and violence are seen through eyes taught from early in life to notice the magical; the results are deeply poetical. The New York Times has called MAGIC EYES "moving, intimate, and unsparing."
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 180 p. Audience: General/trade. Near Fine.1992 paperback stated 1st printing. Light fraying on edges of cover, else fine.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated stiff wrappers; no dust jacket at issued. Photographs and text by Wendy Ewald and the children of Ráquira, Colombia. 180 pp., with numerous black-and-white plates. 8 x 7-3/4 inches. Fine. From the publisher: "Magic Eyes is a true-life novel about magic, violence, and the powers of seeing. Told through the voices of Alicia Vásquez (not her real name) and family, it is a vivid memoir of love and revenge, survival and responsibility. Interweaving the story are remarkable photographs by Ewald and the children she taught in the Colombian village where she lived for two years. Through these compelling images we witness the passage of childhood as both unique and universal. Magic Eyes is tautly evocative--a personal and social history of contemporary Colombia, infused with a reverence for the truth and power of storytelling."
