wayne_crider4 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 On a recent trip to Mexico City, and while spending a day in the beautiful countryside, I wondered if there were any famous Mexican photographers whose work was available in books or online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorge_gasteazoro4 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Flor Gardu�o are a couple well known. Flor was an apprentice and assistant of Alvarez Bravo. Julio Galindo wrote a book on platinum printing and if you buy the english/spanish edition it comes with a print. Other than that there are few that are well known and none who are LF photographers (other than Alvarez Bravo) or doing landscapes. Unfortunately in Mexico people seems to have gotten stuck with photo journalism and any other genre is not accepted or as well received. It is a shame as there are many wonderful landscape opportunities here that have not been exploited. Although I am not famous or well known, if you want to see some pt/pd Landscapes I will have some prints posted at the www.btzs.org gallery in September. BTW, Alvarez Bravo died last year, but Flor is still making photographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_simmons Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Tina Modotti is OK, but she's really more famous for her fling with Edward Weston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_rivera2 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Me, just kidding. I'm sure there must be, but I'm not one in the know. Did you visit any museums such as Diego Rivera's home (hmm might be a long lost relative, huh) I traveled to Mexico City in August of 2003 to visit family over there, Southern Californian born and raised. I can tell you I took a ton of pictures. And it helped that I'm fluent in Spanish to make my family reunion that much better. I plan on going to Guadalajara, Mexico next time. I hope there is a much to see there as there was in Mexico City. Hope someone can answer your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Jorge Gasteazoro :>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorge_gasteazoro4 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 LOL....from your mouth to God's ear Jim....:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 The 1976 "The Photography Catalog"; was a paperback large book; sort of like the "Whole Earth Catalog" of that era. <BR><BR>Page 213 has a paragraph about Manuel Alvarez Bravo.<BR><BR> On page 175 is a 2/3'rds page article about the Polaroid 195 camera; and mentions Alejandro Serrate of Puerto Escondidio as being a wet bath street photographer. Art Kane had the modern Polaroid 195 in the publicity movie; Sr. Serrate was the "widely respected street Photographer; in the old versus new camera shootout movie stunt. Polaroid sent a film crew for the event; the Polaroid 195; versus a down to earth wooden view camera. <BR><BR> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWhiting Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 This is not exactly the answer to the initial question, but along the general issues raised here I would heartily recommend to anyone (and I often do!) reading Weston's Daybooks - one called simply "California" and one "Mexico". He talks about the wonderful light there - I lived in Cuernavaca about a year and I would simply have to agree with him. I was doing primarily video work but would tuck a little Olympus XA in my video gear bag, loaded with b&w film, and would pull it out whenever. Still some of my most favorite images ever. When I had the room to carry it I used an old Rolleicord for even better negatives. Going to show some of those prints this fall, subject being "vernacular architecture". Paul www.paulwhitingphotography.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Bravo will be the easiest to find outside of Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david l. Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Gabriel Orozco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne_crider4 Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 Thanks to all who contributed. I did find the light and landscape quite amazing, and thought the the perfect camera to have down there would be an 8x10 or something with a 617 back. Although I found Mexico City a place a little hard to take, the country appeared to be one photographic opportunity after another. I look foreward to researching the photographers mentioned and to my return trip with a larger camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre_noble4 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Famous Polish War Heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre_noble4 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Famous Jewish Sprinters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre_noble4 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Just Kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_brewster Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Andre -- tsk tsk. Bravo was a great photographer, and likely the greatest of Mexican photographers. Polish War Hero: Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817). Great Jewish Sprinters: Men: Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller (USA); Women: Zhanna Pintusevich (Ukraine, 2001 World Champion 100 meters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn_kielty1 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I really like Tina Modotti -- because her photos have real human content, and the work is refreshing. Hmmm -- what about Ana Menieta? -- It's hard to find info online about her, you might have to go to the library -- but I think she's from Mexico... She is often grouped in this sort of "New Genre" arena -- but everything she shows is (tap tap tap) photography. S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Mariana Yampolsky. There was a nice portfolio in the June B&W magazine. According to the blurb, she was born in Chicago, but spent 50 years photographing in Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_valentine Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Juan Rulfo, more famous as a novelist (Pedro Paramo), was also an exceptional photographer. "Juan Rulfo's Mexico" is available in the US and Europe. It contains both landscapes and portraits. I think you'll enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorge_gasteazoro4 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 <i>Bravo will be the easiest to find outside of Mexico.</i><p> LOL, yep, the Manuel Alvarez Bravo center in Oaxaca is empty, has nothing of his there, it is just an empty building. I guess some people just have to be experts at everything. uh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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