Aperture 236 - Fall 2019

Mexico City

This issue of Aperture illuminates the diverse image culture in North America’s largest metropolis and the ways Mexican photographers are pushing new visions in the medium.

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Illuminates the diverse image culture in North America’s largest metropolis and the ways Mexican photographers are pushing new visions in the medium.

The latest in a series of city-based issues, Mexico City profiles the
dynamic photographic culture of Mexico’s capital, home to a thriving
contemporary art scene, revered photography institutions, and
world-class museums. From icons Lola Álvarez Bravo, Tina Modotti,
and Graciela Iturbide to the most exciting figures at work today,
the issue presents a range of photography as well as Mexican and
Latin American writers—both veterans and newcomers—to an
international audience.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 136
Publication date: 2019-09-10
Measurements: 9.25 x 12 x 0.6 inches
ISBN: 9781597114622


Aperture wishes to thank the following individuals for their ideas and guidance in assembling the magazine’s “Mexico City” issue: Iñaki Bonillas, Miguel Calderón, Andrea Celda Laurent-Atthalin, Sarah Hermanson Meister, Elena Navarro, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Ramón Reverté, and Oswaldo Ruiz. Aperture also thanks FotoMéxico and Grupo Habita for supporting the launch of this issue in Mexico City.

Aperture thanks Selina for supporting the launch in New York.

Significant support for Aperture magazine is provided by the Kanakia Foundation. Further generous support is provided, in part, by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Table Of Contents

Front

Agenda
Alinka Echeverría, Duane Michals, Jan Groover, Shot in Soho

Spotlight
Garth Greenwell on Mark McKnight

Redux
Brian Wallis on Richard Faverty’s On Strike: Shut It Down, 1969

Curriculum
by Max Pinckers

Words

Editors’ Note

Graciela Iturbide: Dreams & Visions
A Conversation with Ramón Reverté

Spiral City
by Kit Hammonds

Mexico and the Photobook
Pablo Ortíz Monasterio and Horacio Fernández in Conversation

The Shadow and the Flash
Iñaki Bonillas in Conversation with Iván Ruiz

Members Only
by Sarah Hermanson Meister

Posing Defiance
by Alfonso Morales Carrillo

A History of Violence
Maya Goded and Mayra Martell in Conversation with Marcela Turati

Pictures

Pablo López Luz
Introduction by Álvaro Enrigue

Miguel Calderón
Introduction by María Virginia Jaua

Gabriel Orozco
Introduction by María Minera

Lake Verea
Introduction by Alejandro Hernández Gálvez

Melba Arellano
Introduction by Mario Ballesteros

The J. L. Venegas Archive
Introduction by Yvonne Venegas

Sonia Madrigal
Introduction by Yxta Maya Murray

Jesús León
Introduction by Daniel Saldaña París

Tania Franco Klein
Introduction by Chloe Aridjis

Back

Object Lessons
Horacio Fernández on Made in Latin America, 1981 by Alfonso Morales Carrillo


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