Coppola received a commission from the municipal government of Buenos Aires to photograph the city in commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of its founding. The project resulted in a photobook, with texts by architect Alberto Prebisch and writer Ignacio B. Anzoátegui. First published in 1936, the book communicates a modernist vision of the city through a dynamic placement of images across page spreads. The following year saw the publication of a slightly revised second edition, with a spiral binding and a photomontage by Grete Stern on the cover that set Coppola’s photographs against an aerial view of the city. Both editions feature over two hundred photographs. Spiraling out from the city’s center through its varied neighborhoods, Coppola took photos that evoke the bustling pace of modern life through the capital’s citizens and its evolving architectural styles.