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Shadows, Fire, Snow

The Life of Tina Modotti
by Patricia Albers (Author)
Paperback
Price: $34.95 / £30.00
Publication Date: Mar 2002
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 398
ISBN: 9780520235144
Trim Size: 6.125 x 9.25
Illustrations: 53 black-and-white photographs, 2 line drawings
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About the Book

Ten years of research and the discovery of long-forgotten letters and photos enabled Patricia Albers to bring new recognition to this talented, intelligent, and independent photographer whose life embodied the cultural and political values of many artists of the post-World War I generation.

About the Author

Patricia Albers is a writer and independent curator who has also worked as a museum administrator. In 1996 she organized the exhibition Dear Vocio: Photographs by Tina Modotti. And in 2000 she curated Tina Modotti and the Mexican Renaissance, which traveled in Europe.

Table of Contents

Preface 
PART I. TINA 
Chapter 1. Friuli and Austria ( 1896-1913) 
Chapter 2. San Francisco ( 1913-1918) 
PART II. MADAME DE RICHEY 
Chapter 3. Lompoc and Los Angeles ( 1918-1921) 
Chapter4. Los Angeles and Mexico City (1921-1922) 
Chapter 5. Mexico City and Los Angeles (1922-1923) 
PART III. TINISIMA 
Chapter 6. Mexico City ( 1923-1924) 
Chapter 7. Mexico City (1925-1926) 
Chapter8. Mexico City(1927-1928) 
Chapter9. Mexico City(1928-1929) 
Chapter 10. Mexico City (1929-1930) 
PART IV. TOB.
Chapter 11. Berlin and Moscow (1930-1932) 
Chapter 12. Moscow and Paris (1932-1935) 
PART V. MARIA 
Chapter 13. Spain (1936-1939) 
Chapter 14. Mexico City (1939-1942) 
Endnotes 
Permissions 
Index