Sergio Larrain: Valparaiso

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The first publication in English of Sergio Larrain’s much-prized book Valparaíso.

Sergio Larrain (19312012) published very few books during his lifetime, but perhaps the most fted among them was Valparaso. He photographed this Chilean seaport throughout his career, but it was in the early 1960s, when he returned to his homeland after travelling the world as a Magnum photographer, that it became a focus for his attention. He saw it as a sordid yet romantic city, standing between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, falling into a slow decline as its trading importance faded away, yet still retaining hints of beauty and magic.

Now published in English for the first time, this new edition of Valparaso is based on a layout designed by Larrain in 1993 in response to the original French edition of 1991. It features a text by Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, specially written for Larrain, an essay by Agns Sire, and a selection of previously unpublished photographs taken between 1952 and 1992, expanding the original 36 images to a total of 120. Handwritten notes and texts by Larrain himself accompany the photographs.
Extent: 210 pp
Format: Hardback with printed cloth (without jacket)
Publication date: 2017-01-19
Size: 23.5 x 16.5 cm
ISBN: 9780500544808
Introduction by Pablo Neruda • The photographs

Press Reviews

A fine publication
Black & White Photography

Gives further insight into a truly great photographer for whom making pictures was a form of spiritual quest
EYE Magazine

You can see the glory and the grime of [Valparaíso] in Larrain’s images
The Herald


About the Author

Sergio Larrain (1931–2012) was a Chilean born Magnum Photographer.

Agnès Sire has been the director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris since its creation in 2003.

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