Three decades after its foundation the National Photo Library published the first large catalog of its collection. The volume provides an overview of the art of photography in Mexico and showcases one of the most important Latin American collections. Irreplaceable testimony of more than 130 years of social history, political, cultural, artistic, scientific and economic life.Includes brief descriptions and large samples of funds Fototecamost interesting: the Mexican past and their indigenous heritage,the pioneer photographers of the nineteenth century, theCasasola collection, the photographs of Guillermo Kahlo's colonial architecture, records of Modotti, Brehme, Lopez and many more. This book, bound in cloth and with the title stampedin gold letters, is a useful compendium to several researchers, as well as an endless source of delight for lovers of photography.