Mexican Portraits

Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Vesta Mónica Herrerías

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Aperture
06 September 2013

Portraits in art; Photographs: collections

In the history of photography in Mexico, portraiture is an important, established tradition, transcending styles, subjects and decades. Mexican Portraits includes more than 350 portraits from more than 80 well-known Mexican photographers, including Romualdo Garca, Agustn V. Casasola, Manuel lvarez Bravo, Enrique Metinides and Graciela Iturbide, among numerous others. Including both contemporary and classic works, mostly created in the years from the 1970s to the present, this diverse group of images has been selected by photographer and editor Pablo Ortiz Monsasterio in conjunction with curator Vesta Mnica Herreras, and presents an idiosyncratic and personal perspective on this particular genre. Mexican Portraits explores the frontiers of portraiture from very different perspectives and associations. At the center of his wide-ranging selection are two distinct notions embedded in the history of the portrait: mask and metamorphosis. Organized into nine chapters, this beautifully illustrated book is a reflection on Mexican portraiture and identity, both individual and collective. Among the photographers represented here are Manuel lvarez Bravo, Graciela Iturbide, Pedro Meyer, Agustn V. Casasola, Iaki Bonillas, Maya Goded, Fernando Montiel Klimt, Gerardo Montiel Klimt, Guillermo Kahlo, Rodrigo Moya, Dr Lakra, Carla Verea, Stefan Ruiz, Melquiades Herrera, Ana Casas, Daniela Rosell, Francis Als, Carlos Somonte, Miguel Caldern, Adolfo Patio, Juan Guzmn and Eunice Adorno, Romualdo Garca and Enrique Metinides-an astonishing roll-call that itself articulates Mexican photographers' special relationship to portraiture.

By: Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Vesta Mónica Herrerías
Imprint: Aperture
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 327mm, Width: 290mm, Spine: 45mm
Weight: 3.250kg
ISBN: 9781597112277
ISBN 10: 1597112275
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 06 September 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pablo Ortiz Monasterio is a photographer, curator, and editor who lives and works in Mexico City. In 1994 Monasterio founded the Centro de la Imagen, an important venue for the education, discussion, and promotion of photography in Mexico. He has served as an editor on various book projects, includin Mexico y Indígena, and the periodical Luna Córnea. Monasterio was also a founding editor of Río de Luz, a collection of twenty books published by El Fondo de Cultura Económica in Mexico City. Vesta Mónica Herrerías has worked as a curator and researcher on various photography projects. She completed a doctoral thesis on the evolution of portraiture in Mexico under Philippe Dubois at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne- nouvelle. She currently runs the publication Serie Ve, which is dedicated to photographic essays.

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