{"title":"CABINET \/ Colonial Gaze","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"433\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"433\"\u003eObjects, optics, and the shadows of empire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"1227\"\u003eThis section confronts the legacy of colonialism through objects, images, and gestures shaped by power, distance, and desire.\u003cbr data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"586\"\u003eIt includes artifacts collected under empire, photographs taken through a Western lens, and souvenirs of conquest—traces of a worldview that exoticized the other while obscuring its own intentions.\u003cbr data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"786\"\u003eInfluenced by thinkers like Edward Said, this archive is not a celebration, but a space for questioning: what does it mean to look, to collect, to display? What histories are buried in the “ethnographic,” the “primitive,” the “oriental”?\u003cbr data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1026\"\u003eThese objects exist between fascination and violence—uncomfortable, beautiful, instructive.\u003cbr data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1120\"\u003eThey ask us to reconsider not just the past, but the frameworks through which we still see the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-pulse-of-life","title":"The Pulse of Life — Photo portraits XXI century, Aperture 2021","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"634\"\u003eA precise survey of portraiture at its most alert, this volume captures how photography confronts the human presence. Drawing from key figures across decades, it assembles over a hundred works where intimacy, distance, and observation collide. Rather than stylistic unity, it proposes a shared commitment to lived reality—faces as sites of tension, vulnerability, and recognition. Carefully sequenced, it reads less as a catalogue than a sustained reflection on photography’s documentary force and its unresolved ethical and emotional stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"936\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"655\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"658\"\u003eTitle: The Pulse of Life\u003cbr data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"685\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Various\u003cbr data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"712\"\u003eDate: 2021\u003cbr data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"725\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Offset printing\u003cbr data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"772\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover with cloth spine\u003cbr data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"821\"\u003eDimensions (cm): 30 × 25\u003cbr data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"848\"\u003ePages: 280\u003cbr data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"861\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"881\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Fundación MAPFRE\u003cbr data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"920\"\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"1172\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51614795006290,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/MAISONSCLOSES_1_00c55fb2-f382-411c-b451-522b46f7a913.jpg?v=1768211442"},{"product_id":"sheying-sombras-de-china-1850-1900-clark-worswick","title":"Sheying — Sombras de China 1850–1900, Clark Worswick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSheying (摄影）, the Chinese term for photography, here becomes a poetic lens through which the forgotten soul of 19th-century China is rendered visible. This exquisitely produced volume, curated by photography historian Clark Worswick, presents a haunting selection of images from the dawn of photographic practice in China—between 1850 and 1900. These images, many of them unpublished until this edition, illuminate the waning years of the Qing Dynasty with extraordinary clarity and subtlety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom portraits of courtesans and laborers to imperial officials and street rituals, the photographs evoke both ethnographic detail and cinematic intimacy. The volume is part of the TurnerPhoto CHINA collection, and its Spanish-language edition marks the first time this extraordinary archive is made available to a European public. Worswick’s accompanying texts offer sharp historical insights while maintaining a reverent distance from the subjects—a rare editorial tone that respects the silences within the images.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished with a minimal and elegant design, the book balances scholarship and visual poetry, making it essential for collectors of early photography, sinologists, and those drawn to the quiet magnetism of historical shadows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Photographic Art Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: Sheying — Sombras de China 1850–1900\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: Clark Worswick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: Published in early 2000s (exact date not visible)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Offset printing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Paperbound book with dust jacket and promotional bellyband\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: Approx. 200 (not visible but standard for the edition)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: TurnerPhoto CHINA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: NEW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889397694802,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/MAISONSCLOSES_1_331b4ba3-449a-4251-ae8f-fedf7fe7e5c7.jpg?v=1768034352"},{"product_id":"kiraly-1840-hungarian-satirical-print","title":"Király (1840)\nHungarian Satirical Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA hand-colored 19th-century caricature of a Hungarian figure labeled “Király” (“King”), executed with theatrical exaggeration and Central European charm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtended Description\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis rare print, dated 1840 and titled Király—Hungarian for “king”—offers a whimsical yet pointed caricature of rural authority or noble pretense. The figure, seen from behind, wears a long floral-patterned robe and an exaggerated hat, rifle slung across his back, with a mustachioed sidekick crouching beside him, pitchfork in hand. Both men are drawn with stylized features—elongated limbs, slanted glances—that reflect a satirical eye rather than a documentary one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLikely produced during the flowering of 19th-century lithographic humor in Central Europe, this piece sits within a broader tradition of political and social caricature that spread from France to Hungary, Austria, and Germany. The style is reminiscent of Biedermeier period lithographs, in which folkloric costume and regional identity were treated with both affectionate detail and comic distortion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite the foxing and visible aging of the paper, the hand coloring retains charm and vitality—especially in the green-and-orange hat and the scattered floral details on the coat. Framed in a slim gilt border, the print is a miniature theatre of power, costume, and irony.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Hand-colored satirical print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: Király\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: Unknown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 1840\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Possibly lithograph with hand-coloring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Ink and watercolor on paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Unknown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned: No\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFraming: Thin gilt frame (modern)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 20 × 15 cm (framed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: Hungarian (title)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Visible foxing and patina appropriate to age; colors intact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Darwin Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889468146002,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/2349BD22-A945-47E0-9232-030CF8884283.png?v=1761771887"},{"product_id":"indigeno-dell-isola-vanto-lele-arcipelago-v-v-ca-1840","title":"Indigeno dell’Isola Vanto Léle\n(Arcipelago V.V.) – ca. 1840","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rare hand-colored ethnographic print from a 19th-century European series depicting inhabitants of the “Vanto Léle” island—an elusive, likely fictional geography rooted in colonial imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtended Description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis delicate, hand-colored print—titled Indigeno dell’Isola Vanto Léle—belongs to a class of 19th-century European lithographs that sought to catalogue the “exotic” through visual ethnography. The figure, a semi-nude man with turban, bow, and bundle of spears, stands confidently against a simplified natural backdrop. He is identified as an inhabitant of the “Vanto Léle” island, part of the enigmatic “Arcipelago V.V.”—a name not tied to any known cartographic reality, suggesting either a misrendered toponym or a fictional invention in the style of travelogues and pseudo-scientific publications of the era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStylistically, the print echoes the manner of French and Italian colonial-era lithographers—particularly those involved in anthropological documentation or theatrical costume studies. The use of minimal but intentional color (blue vegetation, white turban, and pale highlights on skin) reveals an effort to convey difference through visual codification. 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Produced in Nigeria in collaboration with local actors and communities, Hugo’s staged portraits re-enact the hallucinatory iconography of Nollywood cinema: ritual killings, zombie brides, corrupt officials, spirits caught mid-exorcism. The result is an unsettling taxonomy of visual archetypes, both hyper-stylised and deeply local.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"1281\"\u003eThis collector’s edition, limited to 150 copies, includes a signed and numbered C-print titled \u003cem data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"860\"\u003eSong Iyke with Ebube, Thank God and Mpompo\u003c\/em\u003e, Enugu, Nigeria, 2008. The photograph is signature Hugo—raw light, scorched landscape, and a cast of boys embodying myth and menace with the casual confidence of children raised among ghosts. The book itself is bound in black faux leather with gilt titling, inset with an image of a man in a suit standing over a freshly slaughtered cow, drenched in red. It's a hard object: sacred and cinematic, staged yet documentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1579\"\u003eWith essays by Chris Abani, Stacy Hardy, and Zina Saro-Wiwa, this volume situates Hugo’s work within a broader narrative of African self-representation and the seductive power of fiction. 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Drawing from photographs dating 1870–1960, this volume assembles studio portraits and documentary images of courtesans, dancers and prostitutes, tracing a parallel social history often excluded from official narratives. Published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies, it brings together 300 photographs with texts by Étienne Cance and Nicole Canet, forming a substantial 328-page study of desire, colonial fantasy and female agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"1039\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003cbr data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"704\"\u003eTitle: Le Voyage amoureux\u003cbr data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"732\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Nicole Canet\u003cbr data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"764\"\u003eDate: 2010\u003cbr data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"777\"\u003eEdition: Limited edition of 1,000 copies\u003cbr data-start=\"817\" data-end=\"820\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover book\u003cbr data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"857\"\u003eDimensions (cm): 21 × 27 cm\u003cbr data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"887\"\u003ePages: 328 pages, 300 photographs\u003cbr data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eLanguage: French\u003cbr data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"942\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour\u003cbr data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"991\"\u003eISBN: 978-2-9532351-1-1\u003cbr data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1017\"\u003eCondition: Very good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1247\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51955400638802,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/MAISONSCLOSES_7.jpg?v=1768030712"},{"product_id":"postcards-from-africa-photographers-of-the-colonial-era","title":"Postcards from Africa — Photographers of the Colonial Era","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"650\"\u003eThis volume, published by MFA Publications, is part of the Darwin archive because it documents one of the earliest and most influential visual economies of Africa: the colonial postcard. 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