- Paperback: 398 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press (12 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0520235142
- ISBN-13: 978-0520235144
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,075,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Interesting, frustrating, saddening. Interesting because Modotti did inhabit many different lives; frustrating because so many questions are left unanswered here; saddening because in her effort to do 'good' for the Larger World, Modotti was directly or indirectly responsible for so much pain."--Carolyn See, "Washington Post
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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.
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BY NINE O'CLOCK, Mexico City's Artes Street lies bathed in moonlight and nearly silent. Read the first page
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Format:Paperback
The title 'Shadows, Fire and Snow' comes from a dedication by Pablo Neruda, and Tina Modotti was a European artist who left her mark on the blossoming Twentieth Century Culture of Mexico, and to some extent across both North and South American continents. I read this book whilst travelling to Udine, Modotti's birthplace in Friuli, and this was a perfect introduction to her life, but also a window into a world that accommodated towering cultural icons such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Edward Weston as well as less well-known but equally fascinating figures like Dolores del Rio, Pablo O'Higgins and Julio Antonio Mella.
The book rests heavily on the premise that it was his brutal murder in Mexico City that was a watershed moment of tragedy in Modotti's life, but fails to make a firm conclusion as to who might have been responsible (many other commentators have no such reservations). In this respect it is true to say that Albers's biography is a well-considered and objective project that is rewarding to anybody interested in Mexican cultural history, the history of photography or the way in which European culture interacted with Mexico in this time.
The book rests heavily on the premise that it was his brutal murder in Mexico City that was a watershed moment of tragedy in Modotti's life, but fails to make a firm conclusion as to who might have been responsible (many other commentators have no such reservations). In this respect it is true to say that Albers's biography is a well-considered and objective project that is rewarding to anybody interested in Mexican cultural history, the history of photography or the way in which European culture interacted with Mexico in this time.
Format:Hardcover
Finally! At last, Tina Modotti's fascinating life is fully realized in print! Albers' attentive eye coupled with the gorgeous photos make this an incomparable experience.
Format:Hardcover
As someone who has followed the Modotti saga for several years, I was struck by the depth and beauty of Albers' rendering of Tina Modotti's complex life. Shadows, Fire, Snow is a joy to read!
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