The Life Of Tina Modotti
After Edward Weston left to California from Mexico where he had spent 1923 - 1926 working with Modotti, Modotti’s political beliefs radicalized and she joined this Mexican Political Party
What is the Partido Comunista Mexicano (Mexican Communist Party)
A person who went by this 4-letter nickname was a poet who was also Tina Modotti’s husband.
Who was “Robo” (Roubaix de l’Abrie Richie)?
The hands in Hands Resting on a Tool rest on this part of a tool.
What is a handle?
The movement of “Worker photography” began on this continent in 1926, which aligned with the work of Tina Modotti.
What is Europe?
The use of close-ups on hands by Modotti were used as symbolism for this group of economically struggling people
What is the working class?
What is a textile factory?
Before her coming to the United States, Modotti’s Father and Sister with these names lived in San Francisco.
What are Giuseppe and Mercedes?
Modotti was known for not just using this photograph and others like it as a form of art, but as a form of this, similar to journalism.
What is documentation?
Indigenismo was a new Mexican focus on this after the Mexican Revolution which would go on to influence a good amount of Modotti’s work, including the choosing of her subjects.
What is Indigenous heritage (or culture)?
This person was responsible for teaching Modotti the art of photography along with her style.
Who is Edward Weston?
Tina Modotti was born in Northern Italy. Specifically she was born in this city.
What is Udine
What is 1927 - 1930?
While many other photos of the day were taken on silver gelatin print, Hands Resting on a Tool uses this metal for its print.
What is palladium?
The international “worker photography” movement took photos of inequality and poverty which were often used to criticize this economic system.
What is capitalism?
Modotti often used these two things to gather very minute and near details in her photographs.
What is sharp focus and close cropping?
Modotti was arrested and deported from Mexico due to her attempted assassination of this man.
While everyone calls her Tina, Modotti’s original birth name was this.
What is Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti?
Given the politics of Modotti, the photograph was most likely of this type of Indigenous agricultural worker.
What is a campesino?
In response to Indigenismo, Modotti took a photo which was meant to be communist emblem. That photo includes an ear of corn, a bandolier, and this tool.
What is a sickle?
In real style, some of Modotti’s work was exhibited in this gallery alongside some of Frida Kahlo’s.
What is London’s Whitechapel Gallery?
After arriving to America, Tina had these two jobs before she took up photography.
What are modeling and acting?
Through the connections Modotti had through her husband, she was able to meet Siquieros, Orozco and this famous mural artist.
Who is Diego Rivera?
The main purposes behind the photograph were to allow people to appreciate the work the agricultural workers were doing while also illuminating this.
What is the struggle of the lower class?
In the “Worker Photography” movement, they had a motto which stated this.
What is “the camera is a weapon in the class struggle”?
Modotti never spontaneous with her photography always opting to do this.
What is take her time?
(Or be patient or anything thats about there)