Mexican portraits / [edited by] Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, [text by] Vesta Mónica Herrerías ; in collaboration with Alfonso Morales Carrillo ; [English translation, Peter Smith].

"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 García, Agustín V. Casasola, Manuel Álvar...

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Uniform Title:A través de la máscara. English.
Other Authors: Ortiz Monasterio, Pablo, Herrerías, Vesta Monica, 1974-, Morales, Alfonso, Smith, Peter
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Spanish
Published: New York : México, D.F. : Aperture ; Fundación Televisa, 2013.
Edition:First Aperture edition.
Subjects:
Portrait photography > Mexico > History.
Portrait photographers > Mexico > History.
Mexicans > Portraits.
Photography, Artistic.
Genre:
Portraits.
Physical Description:361 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
Format: Book
Partial Contents:
  • The portrait's inheritance
  • The grace of old portraits
  • The pact with the photographer
  • Dreams of glory
  • Portrait of the tribe
  • Mask versus mullet
  • Metamorphosis
  • Simulations
  • The final portrait
  • Portrait in absentia
  • The cover-up
  • Corpus delicti
  • Cross-fertilization
  • Self-portraits.