In San Francisco, Modotti worked as a seamstress, model, and theater performer and, later, moved to Los Angeles where she worked in film. She later became a photographer and essayist. In 1922 she moved to Mexico, where she became …

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.

In San Francisco, Modotti worked as a seamstress, model, and theater performer and, later, moved to Los Angeles where she worked in film. She later became a photographer and essayist. In 1922 she moved to Mexico, where she became …

Apr 2, 2025 · In 1927 Modotti joined the Communist Party, and her political affiliations and activities caused her to be deported from Mexico in 1930. Putting photography aside, she moved to Moscow, where she worked for International Red Aid, a relief organization.

May 2, 2024 · Her photographic works, characterized by stark realism and profound social commentary, captured the essence of Mexican life and the struggles of the working class.

Nov 16, 2022 · A new monograph, eponymously titled Tina Modotti, re-situates her in the history of photography. It shines a light on rarely-seen works produced in 1920s Mexico, before she had become an enemy of the state.

Jan 29, 2023 · After 13 days in prison amidst a concerted anti-communist, anti-immigrant press campaign, that depicted “the fierce and bloody Tina Modotti”, the artist and prominent member of the Mexican Communist Party was eventually released and deported.

Nov 17, 2023 · Tina Modotti (1896 – 1942) was an important figure in the field of photography during the 1920s and 1930s. Her work uniquely blends art with activism, as she played an active role in the political events of that time.

May 12, 2024 · The thing that always strikes me about Tina Modotti’s work is the hands. They are the focus of many of her photographs and they have come to be emblematic of the themes of revolution, violence, tradition and labor, most prominent in her body of work.

Tina Modotti is a suspect in an assassination and is jailed for two weeks. When she is deported, Manuel Álvarez Bravo receives her camera and assumes her former job photographing for Mexican Folkways