FOTO HNOS MAYO

Valencia, Madrid: Madrid, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, 8 julio/30 agosto, 1992. b/w plates, ports., cat., chrons., bibl., ind., wrps. Hundreds of photos from 1934-1992 by the Mayo brothers, political refugees that first came to Mexico in 1939 from Spain and documented Spain's civil war, labor strikes, Braceros, boxing matches, bullf ights and other cultural events. Also includes portraits of Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Marylin Monroe, Rufino Tamayo, Gary Cooper, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Infante, Trotsky, Jorge Mistral and María Félix. Alejandro Castellans also presents a chronology of photography in Mexico. Text by Carlos Monsiváis, Julio Souza and Manuel García. TEXT IN FRENCH, SPANISH AND ENGLISH.