Mexico Through Foreign Eyes: Vistos por Ojos Extranjeros 1850-1990

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A photographic tribute to Mexicos rich and diverse cultures. For the wandering photographer perhaps no country over photographys century-and-a-half history has had the consistent allure and been the site of so many artistic breakthroughs as Mexico. From Henri Cartier-Bresson who flowered as a masterful surrealist in Mexico in the 1930s to the American Paul Strands "Mexican Portfolio"-the spiritual jewel of his lifes work-to Edward Steichen and into recent years photographers have found in Mexicos people its culture and its light much of their defining inspiration. Here are fresh views of the land and people of Mexico its powerful histories constantly enriching its present.