WOMEN PIONEERS: MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY I @ Throckmorton Fine Art

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WOMEN PIONEERS: MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY I @ Throckmorton Fine Art

October 5th, 2015 by fstop

WOMEN PIONEERS: MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY I
September 24 – November 14 2015

“Freedom was earned through personal decision and effort and includes the early social risks taken in a still-traditional society. Where women were not to “play” with the camera, pioneering photographers such as Tina Modotti, (1896-1942), Lola Alvarez Bravo (1903-1993), Kati Horna (1912-2000), and Mariana Yampolsky (1925–2002) most certainly did. It was known how Kati Horna avoided shooting war scenes when she was sent to report on the Spanish confrontation; and how Lola Álvarez Bravo, having learned all her photographic technical skills from her then-husband, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, decided to go her own way, creating strong-angled compositions, and even opening a gallery where she was the first in Mexico to exhibit artwork by Frida Kahlo.”…

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