Author(s): Rachel Kirby

Photography

Modotti was known for her unique documentary style of photography and was profoundly influenced by the post-revolutionary cultural and political fervour in Mexico and it is her photos of that country for which she is most well-known. Whilst living in LA she worked with photographer Edward Weston, developing her own skills as a fine art photographer, she then moved to Mexico and became involved with the art scene surrounding Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Julio Antonio Mella, photographing many of Rivera's murals and is herself featured in many of them.