Frida Hartz

Frida Hartz ( born 25 November 1960 Mexico City ) is a Mexican photographer and photojournalist recognized for her work reflecting sociopolitical realities, especially those of indigenous women. 

Frida Hartz showed an early interest in photography, acquiring her first camera at the age of 12. She studied to become a visual arts teacher at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico, where she combined various artistic disciplines. It began with street and social photography, especially of women, indigenous women, and in social mobilizations: 

Her photographic themes, apart from the social documentary aspect, have been to portray the living conditions of women in the countryside, in the city, working women, housewives, violence, inequality and everything related to this sector of society that represents a larger percentage of Mexican society.

She began her professional career in 1984, the year her first photographic work was published and the newspaper La Jornada was founded.  She worked there as a photojournalist for seventeen years. In 1988, she was appointed director of photography, becoming the first woman to hold the position at the newspaper and one of the few in Mexico.   In 2001, she left the newspaper to work for El Sur , a publication in Acapulco . She left this newspaper to continue her career as a freelance photographer, contributing to various publications in Germany and New York . 

She participated in the collective work Two Worlds Under the Same Roof. Domestic Work and Non-Discrimination , by the National Council to Prevent Discrimination , which was published in 2012, a book that addresses the figure of domestic workers and their labor rights. As an activist, she belongs to the Socialist Feminists group within the National Pact of Women in the Struggle for Non-Violence, where she denounces and raises awareness of violence against women. 

She participated in the support group for the founding of the Women's Museum .

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Category:1960 births
Category:Mexican photographers