- Taschenbuch: 296 Seiten
- Verlag: Da Capo Press Inc; Auflage: New edition (20. September 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0306809818
- ISBN-13: 978-0306809811
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 18,8 x 1,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.972.191 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Modotti (1896-1942) is known primarily as the prot{‚}eg{‚}ee and lover of Edward Weston, who persuaded him to go to Mexico in 1923, a move that clarified and advanced his artistic vision. In Hooks' biography, Modotti appears as the complex woman she was--earnest, beautiful, creative, naive, determined, emotional, tireless, vulnerable. That some of these characteristics conflicted is the key, perhaps, to her political victimization as the lover of Cuban revolutionary Julio Antonio Mella, murdered in 1929, and then as a hard-line Stalinist and companion to her final lover, Italian Communist Vittorio Vidali. An immigrant to San Francisco, Modotti began as an actress and model, which led her to Weston and then her own photography. At its fullest development during her Mexican years, her work blended Weston's sensuality, her own exquisite sense of design, and, more importantly, a genuinely political content in compelling images that supported a revolutionary socialist message. Although never a political theorist or leader, Modotti was persecuted and deported. Her life became sad and rootless, increasingly involved in ever riskier organizing and couriership for the Communists and ending in a lonely death in a Mexico City taxi. Hooks makes this tragic life gripping, and the book is well-illustrated with Modotti's and others' photographs. Gretchen Garner
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Hooks (a Mexico-based journalist) offers a well-researched, deeply sympathetic, and superbly illustrated biography of the passionate Tina Modotti (1896-1942), whose love of Communism, photography, and men made her a legend in her own time. Modotti emigrated in 1913 from Italy to San Francisco, where she found a niche in theatrical circles, but her marriage to artist Robo Richey soon took her to Hollywood and a brief movie career. Then her close relationship with photographer Edward Weston--as his model, lover, and, ultimately, apprentice--gave more of an outlet for her talent than either her marriage or the movies and, after her husband's death in Mexico, she and Weston went there to experience their own artistic awakening. They contributed to the creative ferment fed by Mexico's political turbulence, but their happiness was short-lived, with Weston returning to the US alone. Modotti--who became the favorite photographer of the muralists Diego Rivera and Jos‚ Clemente Orozco--took part increasingly in the revolutionary struggles sweeping the country, but when, in 1929, her exiled Cuban Communist lover was assassinated at her side on a Mexico City street, the ensuing publicity branded her as immoral and she rapidly became persona non grata. Expelled from Mexico, she journeyed through Germany to the Soviet Union, working eventually as a Communist field operative in Spain during the Civil War but abandoning photography entirely. In 1939, Modotti returned secretly to Mexico, only to die mysteriously three years later. A bit marred by unleavened prose, but a thorough account in words and photographs of an exceptional woman whose tragic life was nevertheless one of uncommon achievement. (125 b&w photographs) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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A Woman of many lives
20. September 2011
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I happened upon my interest in Tina Modotti as a result of studying mid-20th century Mexican artists. Like Frida, Tina was a woman light years ahead of her time. A previous review of this book included the comment that the author, Margaret Hooks, didn't personalize this story enough. I disagree. I found this account spellbinding because Tina's many lives speak for themselves; I respected the way Hooks provided the facts so Tina's story could unfold on the merit of its own brilliance. Without giving away all the juicy tidbits of this fascinating life, suffice it to say, Tina began as a poor Italian immigrant who landed in San Francisco with her fractured family. She morphed into an actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood; became one of the world's most renowned photographers in Mexico (thanks to her lover, the great Edward Westin); and, traversed the globe as an active Communist against Fascism during World War II. Learning about her surrealistic life in such detail (with much I have purposefully left out), had me thinking about her story in between times when I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Her photographs alone will make you feel deeply. As cliche as my next statement may be, I have to say it: "Tina Modotti: Radical Photographer" is a must read.
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A passionate, courageous, and inspiring woman!
31. Dezember 1997
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Tina Modotti was a restless soul on an journey through art, politics, and history. A courageous fighter and humanitarian until the end. Tina is a true heroine with a strong passion for life, and love for photography.
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