This book is a series in which photographer Juan Brenner carries out an in-depth visual study of current Guatemalan society from the perspective of miscegenation and the incalculable consequences of the Spanish conquest. Establishing Pedro de Alvarado as a central figure not only in the conquest of Guatemala, which in fact he was, but rather as a key figure in the formation of a complex, segregated and deeply troubled society. SELLING POINTS: ? Tonatiuh is Juan Brenner's first book after a photograph career of more than 20 years. First as a fashion photographer in NYC and later as a photo journalist in his native Guatemala. ? The book approaches us to topics of social impact in Central America, like violence, gender issues and migration providing a panorama of modern-day Guatemala.
