Three books JM

Time sleeps, but the pages fly even when the wind is still.

                                                                             Anonymous Haiku... 

What better gift than a good book? A timeless, elegant, and fascinating object — the perfect detail for someone special or to treat ourselves.

Today, we would like to share with you a very special collection: three fine art photography books by photographer José Martínez Verea.

Each volume is an invitation to travel: capturing places, people, and stories through a unique perspective, offering us a moment to pause, contemplate, and enjoy José’s particular vision through his lens.

“Transitis Per Viam.” ©️

 
A visual journey along the French Way: from Saint Jean Pied de Port to Finisterre.
Photographs that capture centuries of history, devotion, and the pilgrim’s footsteps.

• 248 pages | 20.5 x 27.5 cm
• Printed on 210 g matte opaline
• 790 photographs (color & B&W) + 5 Jacobean collages
• Foreword: Presbítero Tomás de Híjar Ornelas
• Introduction: José Mtz Verea
• Text in Spanish

Prices:

• 1 book → $750
• 2 books → $675 each
• 3 to 5 books → $640 each

Prices in Mexican Pesos. Without tax.

“Facing the Camera.” ©️

A project that lasted —and we could say also matured— over ten years, in which 50 photographers step away from the viewfinder to reveal themselves in front of the lens.

Intimate portraits and personal testimonies about the gaze behind photography.

• 128 pages | 30 x 21 cm
• Black and white photographs
• Foreword: Jorge Esquinca
• Presentation: José Mtz. Verea
• Text in Spanish

Prices:

• 1 book → $500
• 2 books → $450 each
• 3 to 5 books → $425 each

Prices in Mexican Pesos. Without tax.

“My House Has Wings.” ©️

A visual tribute to Las Pozas, the marvelous surrealist garden of Edward James in Xilitla, S.L.P.

A work that fuses impossible architecture with exuberant nature, captured using a 19th-century photographic technique.

• 128 pages | 30 x 21 cm
• Printed on 125 g beige Fedrigoni opaline
• Sepia-toned photographs
• Texts in Spanish, English, and French
• With contributions by: Serge Fauchereau, Eugenio Cabrera, Dalia Zúñiga, and José Mtz. Verea

Prices:

• 1 book → $600
• 2 books → $540 each
• 3 to 5 books → $510 each

Prices in Mexican Pesos. Without tax.

Special promotions

Combo	Contents	Total
Complete Collection (3 different books)	1 of each	$1,850.00
Double Collection (6 books)	2 of each title	$3,100.00

Prices in Mexican Pesos. Without tax.

 

 

Shipping available throughout Mexico and worldwide (cost depends on destination).

Personal deliveries in specific areas upon prior coordination.

It will be an honor to place these books in the hands of more readers, collectors, academics, art lovers, and photography enthusiasts.
I am available for any questions you may have.

Thank you very much for supporting this editorial and artistic work!

Sincerely,

José Martínez Verea

 

Information / Contact:
José Mtz Verea
jose@martinezv.com
WhatsApp +52 3311306262
https://1819.es/artistas/jose-martinez-verea/
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https://jo7969.wixsite.com/josemartinez

Curriculum 2025 José Martínez

 
José Martínez.  Photographer.

1962 Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

1983 – 1985 Studied photo with the master photographers Dominique Sudre and Susana Chaurand. 

1985-1989 Freelance advertising photographer.
1989 Opens his own photo studio for advertising and fine art photo.

1992 Honorific mention in the Nikon's photo contest issue, at Tokyo, Japan.

1994-2002 Collaboration with museums, magazines and also in many art books.

1997 & 1999 Photographic specialization studies at the "Maine Photographic Workshops." 

2001-2003 More photo workshops with master photographers like: Joan Foncuberta, Julio Galindo and many others.

1999-2002 Photography teacher at the Panamericana's University.
 
 2004 Winner of a scholarship at the Vermont Studio Center. 

2006-2008 Invitation from the “ Cabañas Cultural Institute” to develop a workshop on Fine Art photo.
 
2010-2016 Creating fine art, advertising and decorative photo also giving photography workshops at my studio. 

Publications: 

J. Martinez photographs have been published in newspapers, magazines, books, calendars, annuals, and brochures. 

Magazines ( Resume selection ): 

MÉXICO: Foto Zoom, Cuarto Obscuro, Casas y Gentes, Centauro, Mexico Desconocido, Artes de Mexico, Escala, Arquitectura & Diseño Internacional, GDL Desing.

U.S.A: American Photography, Mountain Bike Action COSTA RICA: Sociedad Protectora de los Animales. JAPAN: The Nikon P.C.I Brochure.

Art and industrial books : 

“The singing land ” 1993, "More and better water" 1994 “Rainbow of dreams” 1995, “Drinking from a generous land” 1996, “Heritage for the human kind in Mexico" 1997, “Coca Cola's plant at Tecoman” 1998, ” Natura Mexicana”, 2000, “The book of times” 2001, Jalisco en la mira de sus fótografos 2015 

Exhibitions ( Resume selection ): 

1983-2000 Between fifteen to twenty exhibitions (collectives and individuals.)

2000 Individual exhibition at the "City Museum" of Guadalajara called "The subconscious world”. 

2000 Individual one at the "Latin American Institute" of Berlin called "The art of the faith and death
in Mexico".

2001 / 2003 Three different collective exhibitions at the "Museum of the Journalist" Guadalajara, Mexico.

2003 Individual exhibition at the "Cabañas Art Institute" of Guadalajara called "A walk by Hippocrates’ kitchen".

2004 Individual one at the "VSC" Johnson"s Vermont.

2005 Individual exhibition at the “Photography is art gallery” at Fredericksburg, Texas.

2005 Collective exhibition at the gallery “Wilfredo Lam” at la Habana, Cuba. 

2006 Exhibition at the “Photography 414 gallery at Fredericksburg, Texas. 

2005 Collective exhibition at the “Escorza’s House” in Guadalajara. 

2005-2007 Participation at the Aella photo festival in Paris France.

  2008 Second participation at the Fotofest, portfolio review.

2009 Individual exhibition at the MAZ (Museum of the arts of Zapopan) called “My house has wings...”.

2009 Individual exhibition at the Las Pozas, Xilitla , inaugurated by Doña Margarita Zavala, FLOMEX. 

2011 Collective exhibition at Tonala, Jalisco.

2012 Collective exhibition at the Municipal Archive of Zapopan.

2013 Collective exhibition “The Story of the Creative.” New York USA.

2014 Collective exhibition at Times Square. New York USA.

2014 Collective exhibition “Tapalpa after 30 years” Culture House at Tapalpa, Jalisco, México. 

2015 Individual exhibition at the Guadalajara ́s Country Club. “Transitis per viam.”

2015 Selected by See/Me to present a picture in the Louvre Museum in Paris France.

2015 Selected to present work at the inauguration of the Jalisco ́s Photographic Library.

2016 Honrific mention at Tokyo Japan by the TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards)

2017  Mix photo exhibition, with the photographer Gaal Cohen. Called "Paralel worlds."

2018 Mix photo exhibition, at  the Belen´s cemetery, Guadalajara, Jalisco.

                             


2019 Participation at FIARTE. Latinoamérica second edition.

2019 Publication and presentation of a book about my journey as a photographer into the Camino de Santiago titled "Transitis Per Viam".

2020 Second publication of the book "Transitis Per Viam".

2021 Colective exhibition at the Museé Art of San Antonio Tlacayapan, Jalisco. 

 

2022  Collective exhibition a the gallery Parque 45, Guadalajara, Jalisco.  

 

2022 Publication and presentation at Casa Iteso Clavigero, of a book of portraits, entitled "Face to camera." A project that took 10 years to complete.

 

2023 Publication of a short review of Jose Martínez's artistic work in the photography magazine Cuartoscuro.

 

2024 Solo exhibition at the Zapopan Municipal Archive, with the portfolio entitled: “Exercises of the frontal lobe, in the right hemisphere.”

2024 Work together with Gutierre Aceves, for the donation of Susana Chaurand's photographic work to ITESO, Jesuit University of Gdl. And the preparation of an exhibition entitled: "In Praise of Light."

2024 Collective exhibition at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, with the title: "Emerging Scene in Jalisco."

 

2024 Photography exhibition at the World Trade Center in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

   

2025 Begins collaborating with the Spanish art gallery 1819 Art Gallery.

2025 Publishes the book titled "My House Has Wings." (Mi casa tiene alas.©)

 

2026 Invited to participate in the third edition of the Montmartre Art Festival, a digital contemporary art fair. Madrid, Spain.

2026 Invited to participate in the group exhibition "(The Lie is) The Banner of Truth," inaugurated in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.

2026 Invited to participate in the group exhibition Wunderkammer: The Chamber of Wonders, a small photography exhibition in Jalisco…

LINKS:

https://jo7969.wixsite.com/josemartinez

https://1819.es/artistas/jose-martinez-verea/

https://www.artsy.net/partner/1819-art-gallery/artists/jose-martinez-verea

https://www.instagram.com/josemtzverea/