Tina Modotti

Edward Weston, Tina, 30 January 1924. Gelatin silver print. 23 x 17.5 cm. MoMA.

Tina Modotti (16 (or 17) August 1896 – 5 January 1942) was an Italian photographer, model, actress, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern. She left Italy in 1913 and moved to the United States, where she worked as a model and subsequently as a photographer. In 1922 she moved to Mexico, where she became an active Communist.

Documentary film

• Tina in Mexico, dir. Brenda Longfellow, 2002, 80 min.

Catalogues

• Tina Modotti: rewolucjonistka, 1896-1942. Fotografie, Łódź: Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, 1980, [30] pp. Exh. catalogue. (Polish)

Literature

• Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, "Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti", 1982.
• Angel de La Calle, Tina Modotti, Vol. 1: Una donna del ventesimo secolo; Tina Modotti, Vol. 2: Una protagonista del secolo breve. (Italian)
• Andrea Jeanne Deetsch, Tina Modotti and Idols Behind Altars, 1998. Thesis.

Links

• http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/THEARCHIVE/Browse/NameDescriptors/tabid/86/k/A/e/294272/language/en-US/Default.aspx
• http://www.irmielin.org/nothere/tina-modotti
• http://miniboom.net/marypanzer/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Modotti3051.pdf
• http://www.moma.org/pdfs/docs/press_archives/5463/releases/MOMA_1977_0002_2.pdf