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Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views

December 1, 2018 – September 22, 2019 Located in the Norton Photography Gallery

Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views features more than 60 photographs created solely by Mexican artists that offer an intimate view into 20th-century Mexico and the country’s shifting national identity.

Installation view, Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views, 2018. Courtesy of Phoenix Art Museum.
Lola Alvarez

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition, with works drawn exclusively from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, showcases a range of photographic techniques used in 20th-century Mexican photography and includes pastoral landscapes, portraits of indigenous peoples, and images of everyday rural life. Featured photographers include Hugo Brehme (1882–1954), Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903–1993), and Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002), among others.

IMAGE CREDIT

Lola Alvarez Bravo, Mi colega, ca. 1950. © Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation: Lola Álvarez Bravo Archive.

Lola Alrvarez

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views is organized by Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography. It is made possible through the generosity of donors to the Museum’s annual fund.

IMAGE CREDIT

Graciela Iturbide, La Virgen de Guadalupe en la Frontera, Tijuana, Baja California, 1989. Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona: Purchase. © Graciela Iturbide.

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