“Photography, precisely because it can only be produced in the present and because it is based on what exists objectively before the camera, takes its place as the most satisfactory medium for registering objective life in all its aspects, and from this comes its documental value. If to this is added sensibility and understanding and, above all, a clear orientation as to the place it should have in the field of historical development, I believe that the result is something worthy of a place in social production, to which we should all contribute.”
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Tina Modotti
Tina Modotti was an Italian-born American photographer known for her social realism style and her documentation of the Mexican Revolution. Her work profoundly reflected the social and political conditions of the time. more
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