{"product_id":"la-vida-brinca-bill-wittliff-9780292713208","title":"La Vida Brinca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa vida brinca\u003c\/i\u003e--life jumps--and yet we strive to capture its passing moments by creating images. One of the simplest yet most evocative techniques for image-making is pinhole photography. Using a tiny aperture without a lens to shine light on a piece of film, pinhole cameras accumulate light until an image forms. Bill Wittliff calls the cameras he makes \u003ci\u003etragaluces\u003c\/i\u003e, \"light swallowers.\" By controlling only the size of the aperture, the distance to the film, and the length of the exposure, he makes images that forsake the documentary realism of traditional photography to disclose instead the presence of the mystical in the everyday world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The \u003ci\u003etragaluz\u003c\/i\u003e photographs in \u003ci\u003eLa Vida Brinca\u003c\/i\u003e record iconic images of Hispanic life. Wittliff photographed fiestas, religious observances, street scenes, people's faces, and enduring rural landscapes. But with the soft focus and surprise elements that typify his \u003ci\u003etragaluz\u003c\/i\u003e photographs, these images become dreamlike--scenes from a world where, as Stephen Harrigan says, \"reassuring touchstones are likely to dissolve, and where the unseen is always startlingly on view.\" The accompanying essays by Harrigan and Elizabeth Ferrer discuss the history and techniques of pinhole photography, as well as Bill Wittliff's artistic choice to work in this medium. As a work of art, \u003ci\u003eLa Vida Brinca\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that pinhole photography is an ideal vehicle for finding profound meaning in the commonplace, for seeing beyond what the eye can see. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Wittliff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292713207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292713208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 14.18h x 11.96w x 1.25d","brand":"Bill Wittliff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992911905023,"sku":"9780292713208","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5222ce64-e258-4a34-93e7-37cd0acd0dc6.jpg?v=1683321494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/la-vida-brinca-bill-wittliff-9780292713208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}