
Tina Modotti
Margaret Hooks Tangeman(Author)
Phaidon Press Ltd
Published on 15. October 2005
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-0-7148-4566-1 (ISBN)
Description
An accessible, collectable book on Tina Modotti. Italian photographer Modotti (1896-1942) was a pioneer among the few women photographers of the 1920s. Having studied with Edward Weston, she soon became an outstanding photographer in her own right. Documenting the people and tumultuous politics of Mexico, her portraits, still lifes and abstract compositions combine a sophisticated sense of design with socially and politically orientated subject matter. Linked to some of the most important artistic and political developments of the twentieth century she was a significant influence on future Mexican photographers, including Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Graciela Iturbide.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 21 cm
Thickness: 1.4 cm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7148-4566-1 (9780714845661)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Margaret Hooks writes on fine art and photography for numerous journals, including
ARTNews
and
Afterimage
. Her publications include the award-winning biography
Tina Modotti: Radical Photographer
(2000),
Tina Modotti: Photographer and Revolutionary
(1993) and
Frida Kahlo: Portraits of an Icon
(2003).
Content
Portrait of the Modotti o 4,000-word essay by Margaret Hooks o 55 colour and b/w photographs presented chronologically over 110 pages (1 photograph per spread, with title and 1 paragraph commentary) o Brief chronology of the photographer