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Greater American camera : making modernism in Mexico
- Title
- Greater American camera : making modernism in Mexico / Monica Bravo.
- Author
- Bravo, Monica, 1982-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xv, 239 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 26 cm
- Summary
- Photographers Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Paul Strand, and Helen Levitt were among the U.S. artists who traveled to Mexico during the interwar period seeking a community more receptive to the radical premises of modern art. Looking closely at the work produced by these four artists in Mexico, this book examines the vital role of exchanges between the expatriates and their Mexican contemporaries in forging a new photographic style. Exploring how these dialogues resulted in a distinct kind of modernism characterized by inter-American interests, it reveals the ways in which cross-border collaboration shaped a new "greater American" aesthetic.
- Subject
- Weston, Edward, 1886-1958 > Criticism and interpretation
- Modotti, Tina, 1896-1942 > Criticism and interpretation
- Strand, Paul, 1890-1976 > Criticism and interpretation
- Levitt, Helen > Criticism and interpretation
- Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
- Strand, Paul, 1890-1976
- Modotti, Tina, 1896-1942
- Levitt, Helen
- 1900-1999
- Photography, Artistic > 20th century
- Photography > Mexico > History > 20th century
- Modernism (Art) > Mexico
- Photographers > United States > Mexican influences
- Photography, Artistic
- Modernism (Art)
- Photography
- United States
- Mexico
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "The American artist" : Edward Weston, muralism, and mestizaje -- Photopoetry : Tina Modotti's art of propaganda -- Native land and a usable past : Paul Strand in concert -- "Souvenir du Mexique" : Helen Levitt and the surrealism of the streets.
- Call Number
- JQF 22-905
- ISBN
- 030025363X
- 9780300253634
- LCCN
- 2020945292
- OCLC
- 1198557401
- Author
- Bravo, Monica, 1982- author.
- Title
- Greater American camera : making modernism in Mexico / Monica Bravo.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JQF 22-905