In the Oh-so-Distant South

Classic portraits of Spanish and Latin American icons from Borges to Kahlo This hardcover volume presents more than 100 images from a unique part of German-born French photographer Gisle Freund's (19082000) oeuvre: her portraits of Spanish and Latin American personalities, intellectuals, writers and artists. These photographs follow Freund's life journey, from her beginnings in Paris, through her period of exile in Argentina, her stays in Uruguay, Chile and Mexico, to her final stage back in Europe. During her time in these places, Freund took photographs of important personalities such as Julio Cortzar, Pablo Neruda, Nicols Guilln, Octavio Paz, Alejo Carpentier, Vicente Huidobro, Jorge Luis Borges, Norah Borges, Guillermo de Torre, Eva Pern, Victoria Ocampo, Anglica Ocampo, Mara Rosa Oliver, Joaqun Torres Garca, Roberto Matta, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Jos Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, among others. Alongside these portraits are her photographs of the Latin American landscape.