Tina Modotti: Radical Photographer

Tina Modotti: Radical Photographer
ISBN-10
0306809818
ISBN-13
9780306809811
Series
Tina Modotti
Category
Art
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2000-09-20
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Author
Margaret Hooks

Description

Here is the definitive portrayal of the brilliant, iconoclastic woman who throughout her life (1896–1942) oscillated between her passion for her art and her fervor for radical politics. Tracing Modotti from her early years in Italy to 1920s Hollywood, then to vibrant Mexico City and on to Berlin and Moscow, and eventually to war-torn Spain, Hooks magnificently portrays Modotti's tempestuous life—her romantic, artistic, and political liaisons with Edward Weston, Diego Rivera, and Pablo Neruda. Incorporating interviews with Modotti's contemporaries and new archival material, Tina Modotti dramatically revives a fascinating life and secures Modotti's rightful place alongside Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe as one of the most accomplished women artists of our era.

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