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Tina Modotti

Tina Modotti. 1896-1942. Italian born (uncle was a photographer) Photographer, silent movie actress, model Often published in left-wing and communist publications Moved to Cali in 1913

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Tina Modotti

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  1. Tina Modotti 1896-1942

  2. Italian born (uncle was a photographer) • Photographer, silent movie actress, model • Often published in left-wing and communist publications • Moved to Cali in 1913 • Assisted Edward Weston (pepper photo) in the darkroom making his prints. Then became his model, and then his mistress • Moved to Mexico and lived the bohemian lifestyle while promoting communism • Worked with Manuel Alvarez-Bravo (hair photo) and Diego Rivera when she became the main photographer for the Mexican mural movement • Was deported from Mexico and finally settled in Russia • Worked for the communist government (spy?) • Went back to live in Mexico under a pseudonym • Was thought to have been killed in Mexico

  3. Epitaph by Pablo Neruda: • Pure your gentle name, pure your fragile life, • bees, shadows, fire, snow, silence and foam, • combined with steel and wire and • pollen to make up your firm • and delicate being.

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