Greater American camera : making modernism in Mexico /
Bravo, Monica,1982-author.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 -- Conclusion.
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.
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
Modotti, Tina, 1896-1942
Strand, Paul, 1890-1976
Levitt, Helen
Photography, Artistic
Photography
Modernism (Art)
Photographers