Viggo Mortensen presents "Hijos de la selva"

The Aula Magna of the Faculty of Communications Studies played host to the presentation of the book Hijos de la selva. Fotografía etnográfica de Max Schmidt (Perceval Press) on 20 February at 12 noon. Guest speakers included Federico Bossert and Diego Villar, authors of the book; Viggo Mortensen, editor of the book; and Jordi Serrallonga, lecturer of the UAB master's degree in Travel Journalism. The event, organised by the UAB Communication and Education Bureau, was broadcast live on the UAB Campus Mèdia website.

German Max Schmidt (1873-1950) was one of the pioneers in the field of ethnography. In their book, Argentineans Federico Bossert and Diego Villar offer a compilation of the photographic fieldwork carried out by Schmidt in the Paraguayan region of Gran Chaco, during the 1930s and 1940s. Actor Viggo Mortensen, patron of numerous cultural and scientific projects, is the editor of this book, which has been published thanks to the documents conserved in the ethnographic museum "Dr. Andrés Barbero" of Asunción, Paraguay.