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Tina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern.
Tina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern.
Tina Modotti was a captivating personality from whom creativity effortlessly flowed. She was destined to be at the center of important historical change, not only as a photographer, but also as a sought-after model, a famous film actress, and a key political activist.
Nov 16, 2022 · In 1930, the Italian photographer Tina Modotti found herself behind bars. Authorities believed she was the culprit behind the attempted assassination of Pascual Ortiz Rubio – the soon-to-be-elected president of Mexico.
Aug 16, 2023 · When on January 10, 1929, Julio Antonio Mella was assassinated, and shortly thereafter an assassination attempt was made on Mexican President Pascual Ortiz Rubio, the press suspected Modotti as the perpetrator. Called “the fierce and bloody Tina Modotti,” she was expelled from the country in 1930.
Tina Modotti (born August 16, 1896, Udine, Italy—died January 6, 1942, Mexico City, Mexico) was a photographer who was noted for her symbolic close-ups and images of Mexican workers. Modotti spent most of her childhood in Austria, where her parents were migrant labourers.
A video exploration of the. intriguing world of Tina Modotti. in California and Mexico, 1913 - 1930. Sign up here for project updates.
A person who acted in opposition to the role of woman in the social imaginary of the first part of the 20th century, but not from a challenging attitude,...
May 12, 2024 · Jeu de Paume pays tribute to Tina Modotti (1896-1942) through a major exhibition, the largest ever devoted to the photographer and political activist of Italian origin in Paris.
Tina Modotti was at once worker, revolutionary, migrant, and exile, and shot some of the most iconic photographs characterising the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1917).
