Tina modotti fotografa y revolucionaria tina modotti web museum. Lot 1043, tina modotti 18961942 vintage silver print, landscape, mexico c. Her career as a photographer only spanned about 9 years, but yielded some very important works. She left italy in 19 and moved to the usa, where she worked as a model and subsequently as a photographer. Modotti worked in a textile factory before joining her father in 19 in san francisco, where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker. Aug 24, 2017 tina modottis art and life had little to do with edward weston. Both artists are wellpresented in this lovely book. In 19, at the age of 16, she immigrated to the united states to join her father in san francisco, california. The library of congress general collections provide excellent published resources to research her life and impact, including the magazines and books in which her. An internationally known modernist photographer, modotti forged elegant images conceived as tools for the selfliberation of the mexican. She lived for a period with the photographer edward weston, and became involved in the socialpolitical issues of the mexican scene mostly in the 1920s. Tina modotti, whose more passionate work may have a shorter shelflife is more easily seen in connection with the symbolism of diego rivera and frieda kahlo.
Masters of photography features the greatest practitioners of the camera. After being expelled from italy with the rise of fascist benito mussolini, he went to moscow, where he became an operative for the soviet comintern. Tina modotti august 16 or 17 1896 january 5, 1942 was an italian photographer, model, actress, and revolutionary political activist for the comintern. Modottis important and original aesthetic has been obscured by this fascination with the details of her personal history, coupled with the fact that almost all of her important work was produced outside the artistic centers of europe and the u. Tina modotti, behind the camera and out of westons shadow. I happened upon my interest in tina modotti as a result of studying mid20th century mexican artists. Prime members enjoy free delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books. Pure your gentle name, pure your fragile life, bees, shadows, fire, snow, silence and foam. She was born assunta adelaide luigia modotti mondini in udine, friuli, italy. Incorporating extensive archival material, interviews with modottis contemporaries and many rare photographs, this illustrated biography magnificently portrays. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by tina modotti. Photographer and revolutionary hardcover october 1, 1993.
A recognized master of early twentieth century photography, tina modotti began her fine art and documentary photography career in mexico in the 1920s while working with edward weston. Aug 16, 2016 modotti and her circle of close artist companions in mexico city were all politicallyinvolved, and in 1927, she joined mexicos communist party. Tina modotti august 16 or 17 1896 january 5, 1942 was an italian photographer, model. Like frida, tina was a woman light years ahead of her time. Tina modotti es mexicana, pero tambien espanola, alemana o rusa. Assunta adelaide luigia modotti mondini, nicknamed assuntina, and later tina, was the daughter of an italian machinist who immigrated to the united states in 1906. Photographs, museum of fine arts, houston, 17 december 1995 25 february 1996, and the san francisco museum of modern art, 28 march 30 may 1996 object lessons. Vittorio vidali 19001983, also known as vittorio vidale, enea sormenti, jacobo hurwitz zender, carlos contreras, and comandante carlos, was an italian communist. Photographs, on view at the philadelphia museum of art from september 16 to november. In 1922 she moved to mexico, where she became an active communist. In this thesis, i have chosen the case of tina modotti to determine how the. Tina modotti nacio en udine, italia en 1896 y fallecio en mexico 46 anos despues. The life of tina modotti by patricia albers born in udine, italy, in 1896, tina modotti lived one of the most brilliant and tragic lives of her era.
Apr 04, 2019 provenance from the photographer to diego rivera private collection sotheby\s, new york, 14 april 1992, lot 217 a page imageworks, san francisco, as agent exhibited tina modotti. Assunta modotti est nee le 17 aout 1896 a udine, en italie, au sein dune famille pauvre. See the bibliography below for books and periodicals related to modotti. The finest of modotti s images are presented in this volume accompanied by an essay by margaret hooks, author of the awardwinning biography tina modotti. Tina modotti aperture masters of photography by tina modotti. Edward weston was both a pioneer and a master of formalism in black and white photography and this book represents his early efforts. Tina modotti was an italianborn photographer known for her skillful use of composition and shadow. Poet pablo neruda composed tina modottis epitaph, part of which can also be found on her tombstone, which also includes a relief portrait of modotti by engraver leopoldo mendez. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. Spettacolo teatrale e musicale sulla vita di tina modotti per due voci e una chitarra. This book traces the evolution of modottis photographic career to the time when she abandoned art for the life of a communist activist. Masterworks of modernist photography from three bay.
Tina modotti assunta adelaide luigia modotti, 16818966142 was a photographer, actress and political activist. Usa, march 1999, hardcover with the dust jacket, 225 page book. Tina modotti, eigentlich assunta adelaide luigia modotti mondini, 16. Over 750 photos, along with extensive essays and biographies, make this an indispensable resource for the casual or professional student of photography.
In july 1923 edward weston changed his life dramatically. Tina modotti italy follow artist 3 followers bio create free listing we dont have any listings for this artist. Ve mas ideas sobre tina modotti, fotografia y mujeres mexicanas. Yet her brief but poignant apprenticeship and affair with him resulted in much literature about ms. See more ideas about tina modotti, edward weston and photography. Jan 01, 1998 tina modotti was an italian photographer and activist who lived in the u. Modotti, tina 18961942, italian photographer, model, actress, and revolutionary political activist. Tina modotti was an italian photographer and activist who lived in the u. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Modotti was a revolutionary in her political activism, her modern and highprofile personal life, and her elegant and forthright photography.
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