Photographing the Mexican Revolution: Commitments, Testimonies, Icons (The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere)
Language: English
Published by University of Texas Press, 2012
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Nice copy, with no markings. Almost like new, but there are four separate prints of B&W photos inserted, in addition to the multiple photos in the book. Not sure about the origin of the extra photo prints.
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- Title
- Photographing the Mexican Revolution: Commitments, Testimonies, Icons (The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere)
- Author
- Mraz, John
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0292735804
- ISBN 13
- 9780292735804
- Series
- Book 3 of 10: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere
The Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920 is among the world’s most visually documented revolutions. Coinciding with the birth of filmmaking and the increased mobility offered by the reflex camera, it received extraordinary coverage by photographers and cineastes—commercial and amateur, national and international. Many images of the Revolution remain iconic to this day—Francisco Villa galloping toward the camera; Villa lolling in the presidential chair next to Emiliano Zapata; and Zapata standing stolidly in charro raiment with a carbine in one hand and the other hand on a sword, to mention only a few. But the identities of those who created the thousands of extant images of the Mexican Revolution, and what their purposes were, remain a huge puzzle because photographers constantly plagiarized each other’s images.
In this pathfinding book, acclaimed photography historian John Mraz carries out a monumental analysis of photographs produced during the Mexican Revolution, focusing primarily on those made by Mexicans, in order to discover who took the images and why, to what ends, with what intentions, and for whom. He explores how photographers expressed their commitments visually, what aesthetic strategies they employed, and which identifications and identities they forged. Mraz demonstrates that, contrary to the myth that Agustín Víctor Casasola was “the photographer of the Revolution,” there were many who covered the long civil war, including women. He shows that specific photographers can even be linked to the contending forces and reveals a pattern of commitment that has been little commented upon in previous studies (and completely unexplored in the photography of other revolutions).
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About the Author
John Mraz is Research Professor at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico) and National Researcher III. Among his books are Looking for Mexico: Modern Visual Culture and National Identity; Nacho López, Mexican Photographer; La mirada inquieta: Nuevo fotoperiodismo mexicano, 1976–1996; and Uprooted: Braceros in the Hermanos Mayo Lens.
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