Rivers of Power / Ríos de Poder

First edition of Rivers of Power / Ríos de Poder by Alejandro Cartagena (2016)

Large format paperback housed in a card slipcase with a red band

In fine condition

No markings to book

Edition of 490 copies

Signed and dated by Alejandro Cartagena to copyright page

Please note that the original paper wrap that the book has come in has some wear and tear to it 

About

This is the story of the tragic relationship between two bodies: a critical narration of the long and failed relationship between a society and a river.

”It’s a great book in which you’re immersed in a full range of different images from different sources. There’s also the sense that the books Cartagena makes, as well as being works in themselves, are also punctuation marks in a larger body of work that he’s already semi-visualising in his photobooks, that the books, though great, are just a stepping stone to some huge installation that will one day take up a couple of floors of one of the world’s major museums. There’s a feeling that the book isn’t everything, that the book is just the beginning”.

— Colin Pantall