Viva Mexico! Edward Weston and His Contemporaries

In the decades following the Revolution of 1910, foreign artists and intellectuals flocked to Mexico in order to experience its warm climate and lively cultural scene. They were inspired by Mexico‘s exotic tropical landscape, its ancient monuments and colonial architecture, the work of its modern...

THE MEXICO YEARS

Throckmorton Fine Art present Tina Modotti and Edward Weston’s photographic collaboration, from their important and productive... Read More Posted by admin in Exhibitions on 03 28th, 2009 | Comments Off Photography For a few exhilarating years in the 1920s, two of the major figures in 20th-century photography, Tina Modotti and Edward Weston, shared a passionate partnership with each other. They... Read More Posted by admin in Exhibitions on 03 28th, 2009 | Comments Off The Collection Although Modotti photographed from 1923–32, her work is relatively scarce. There is a large collection at MOMA, New York. Read More Recent Entries Recent Comments About Us Retrospective of Photographer Tina Modotti at Kunst Haus Wien Men Reading El Machete, Tina Modotti (1924) Tina Modotti: A Life.(Review) Tina Modotti, viewer and viewed “Shadows, Fire, Snow: The Life of Tina Modotti” Diego Rivera and Tina Modotti: political allies and creative collaborators. ‘Modotti’ review: Tina Modotti bio-play can’t build a fire with we kindling Viva Mexico! Edward Weston and His Contemporaries Tina Modotti was born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini in Udine, Friuli, Italy. In 1913, at the age of 16, she immigrated to the United States to join her father in San Francisco, California. This site pretends to be a showcase of her art, life and achievments.  © 2010 Tina Modotti Virtual Gallery All rights reserved.