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A Respect for Light: The Latin American Photographs 1974-2008, his magnum opus, presents the full breadth of the artist's work, culled from over three decades of travel in sixteen different countries. The book showcases Algaze's deep appreciation and understanding of the nuances of light-sunlight pouring in through church windows, illuminating a pair of teacups on a caf table, casting late-afternoon shadows on a cobblestoned street. The Los Angeles Times describes Algaze's vision as one that ""crystallizes experience as deftly as a poet. His photographs are remarkable for their concentrated richness, exquisite timing and finely tuned sense of rhythm, pattern and texture.""

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His images are in the tradition of South American modernism, beautifully composed, respectful of persons, with great attention paid to texture and, as the title of the show implies, light.--William Meyers Wall Street Journal, 5/01/2015

Mario Algaze is the rare lensman with an innate talent for harnessing the subtle interplay of light and shadow to capture his subjects in poetic and timeless fashion.--Carlos Suarez De Jesus, Miami New Times

"His images are in the tradition of South American modernism, beautifully composed, respectful of persons, with great attention paid to texture and, as the title of the show implies, light.--William Meyers ""Wall Street Journal, 5/01/2015 """

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Born in Cuba in 1947, Mario Algaze moved to Miami with his family at the age of thirteen, one year after the Cuban Revolution. In 1971, at the age of 24, Algaze began his career as a self-taught photographer. He has travelled extensively in Central and South America, photographing sixteen Latin American countries, reflecting on his exile and exploring his Latin American roots. Algaze has received fellowships from The Florida Arts Council, the United Nations, and the National Endowment for the Arts. His work has been featured in over fifty solo and group exhibitions across the United States and has been collected by such institutions as the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, among many others. When Algaze is not travelling, he resides in Miami with his wife. Vince Aletti is one of the foremost photography critics of our time. He has spent the last forty years writing, curating, and reporting on culture. He regularly reviews photography exhibitions for The New Yorker and photography books for Photograph magazine. He is a regular contributor to Aperture, Artforum and W. Aletti was the art editor of the Village Voice from 1994 to 2005 and the paper's photography critic for twenty years. In 2005, he won the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award for writing. He lives in New York City.

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