Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico

by Judith Cooper Haden and Matthew Jaffe

""A riot of color and commotion, Oaxaca is Mexico at its most authentic and spontaneous."" --"Travel & Leisure" Each year, a quarter million Americans visit the Mexican state of Oaxaca, an ancient land where indigenous, pre-Columbian, and colonial worlds exist side by side. Photographer Judith Haden offers a pictorial love letter to Oaxaca, illuminating its everyday life in supersaturated blues, dazzling yellows, and pinks so hot they vibrate on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157965214X
• ISBN13: 9781579652142
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Artisan Publishers
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Oaxaca: The Spirit of Mexico

I purchased this book for a ten year old girl who is facinated with Oaxaca as I also am. I also purchased one for myself, it is a beautiful book and something wonderful to share with others. The illustrations are beautiful and very colorful, it depicts Oaxaca and their people as they truly are.

A wondrous book brimming with festive spirit

Oaxaca: The Spirit Of Mexico is a heady, joyous celebration of Mexican life and culture. A vivid, coffee-table extravaganza packed cover to cover with gorgeous, full-color photographs taken by Judith Cooper Haden are embellished with insightful text commentary by Matthew Jaffe. Highly recommended reading for the armchair traveler, Oaxaca is a wondrous book brimming with festive spirit and a deep connection to Mexico's rich past and exciting future.