Tina Modotti
1896–1942 · Italy / Mexico
Rigorous forms, an engaged eye.
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Tina Modotti · 1929
https://collections.artsmia.org/index.php?page=detail&id=3366
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The story
Born in Italy, Modotti moved through the United States before settling in Mexico with Edward Weston. There she developed a photography attentive to objects, architecture and work within a milieu of artistic and political exchange. Her communist commitment shaped her career and relationship with subjects. Her practice combines precise composition and social concerns, neither of which can be simply separated from the other when reading the images.
Understanding the work
Observe how ordinary objects become political signs through association and framing. Then return to their material qualities, rather than reading only an abstract emblem.
Key works and series
Photographs of Mexico; workers’ hands; arrangements of objects.
Sources & further exploration
A journey through images.
6 worksClick an image to enlarge it. Captions, collections and reuse conditions appear below each work. Captions describe the photographs; the source records retain catalogue titles and provide context.
Tina Modotti · 1929
https://collections.artsmia.org/index.php?page=detail&id=3366
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Tina Modotti · circa 1929
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Tina Modotti · 1924–26
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Tina Modotti (1895 - 1942) – Photographer (Italian) Born in Udine. Details on Google Art Project · 1930?
UAEVx5kh9fzHmw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
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Tina Modotti · 1929
6AFAuBzcgNewRg at Google Cultural Institute, zoom level maximum
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Tina Modotti · 1927
http://notasomargonzalez.blogspot.com/search/label/Ensayo?updated-max=2016-06-02T10:03:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=1&by-date=false
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Works in collections.
10 recordsPhotographs to explore on museum and library websites, with titles, dates and processes. Each link opens the collection record and its image where one is available.
