Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. MexicoContinue reading “25 Amazing Vintage Photos of Mexico in the Early 1950s”
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21 Vintage Photos of Frida Kahlo During the Last Years of Her Life in Mexico City
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country’s popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, andContinue reading “21 Vintage Photos of Frida Kahlo During the Last Years of Her Life in Mexico City”
Five Shots of a Woman Braving the Streets of Mexico City, 1950
A women being watched and harassed in Mexico City, Mexico in 1950. There are 5 pictures of her being watched by men everywhere she went. (Note: She has been identified as Mexican movie and television actress Maty Huitrón.)
30 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Mexico During the Early 20th Century
Agustín Víctor Casasola (1874-1928), others cite: (1874-1938) was a Mexican photographer and partial founder of the Mexican Association of Press Photographers. Casasola began his career as a typographer for the newspaper El Imparcial, eventually moving to reporter then on to photographer in the early 1900s. He became a photographer in 1894. By 1911 Casasola wasContinue reading “30 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Mexico During the Early 20th Century”
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