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THE DAWN OF MODERNISM: Early of Twentieth-Century Mexican Photography
Brooklyn Rail - Sep 3, 2010
Among formally-focused works, photographs by the under-exhibited and tragically short-lived Tina Modotti run the gamut of quality. ... Museum and Gallery Listings
New York Times - Sep 2, 2010
Leon Levinstein (1910-88) was not a bad photographer, but viewed against the background of masters like Weegee, Robert Frank and Tina Modotti, ...

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Tinisima

by: Elena Poniatowska
The writing is interesting, but I must admit, I put the book down and started another. A bit of a tough read, I wasn't draw into the book. It just seems a little flat. So many good reviews, maybe I will try to read it again because the story sounds very interesting. Am I alone in this?
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Shadows, Fire, Snow: The Life of Tina Modotti

by: Patricia Albers
This photographer should be more famous. The photos in the book are outstanding and equal to or better than Evans, Weston, Lange, etc., all of whom achieved fame for being pioneers in this field. While her career was short, the photos in this book show breakthroughs in style and content.

Where did her life get broken? Weston seems to use her as an assistant even as her work (in my opinion) eclipses his. Was it the struggle for recognition in her art? Was she seen more of an actress or bohemian hostess than a serious artist? Was it the trauma of having two lovers dying essentially in her arms? Was it an inability to forget her childhood poverty? Was it a quest for paternal approval? (Giuseppe Modotti spawned a host of radical children.
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Tina Modotti: Image, Texture, Photography

by: Andrea Noble
Andrea Noble's Tina Mondotti (0-8263-2254-9, $29.95) focuses on Modotti's photos of postrevolutionary Mexico in the 1920s and also reveals how feminists changed her image in the 1980s, providing an intriguing survey of the changing critical attention to her works and revealing the extent of her achievements. This blends biography, art criticism and social history and provides far more depth and detail than the usual Mondotti monograph.
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Tina Modotti Photographs

by: Sarah Lowe
Review Summary: Tina Modotti achieved a remarkable level of accomplishment in a photographic career that spanned merely 7 years and 250 images. Her work captures many of the best elements of the compositional skills of Edward Weston, her mentor and lover, while adding a heart-felt attraction for people that Mr. Weston's work lacked. These images of portraits, still lifes, and architecture from her years in Mexico are much more appealing to me than Mr. Weston's are from the same period. The extensive biographical essay also corrects many misconceptions about Ms.
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