Marcos López

La obra reúne un conjunto de estilos fotográficos que se van entremezclando en la primera mitad del siglo XX, estructurados en tres períodos: la fotografía artística, momento en el que por primera vez la imagen fotográfica deja de ser sólo producto de la técnica y pasa a formar parte del arte; la fotografía de documento social o fotografía humanista, momento en el que el fotógrafo refleja su entorno cotidiano, la forma de vida y la indumentaria del tipo español y, por último, la fotografía moderna, momento en el que el fotógrafo aprovecha las cualidades innatas del medio...

A look at the work of sixteen postwar Mexican photographers--including Tina Modetti, Flor Gardegno, and Eugenia Vargas--shows how the photographers explore traditional themes in Mexican culture with innovative styles.

"Follows a fictional Sheffield band from Mexico, in the style of legendary magazine 'The Face' ... The context of the event [Art Sheffield 05] was 'Spectator T', a fictitious art goer without exposure to contemporary aesthetics, and the idea was to present artworks that would challenge this person's preconceived ideas about art. Thus, Toledo created a cover band that sang songs by local Sheffield groups, and named it after the cult Sheffield nightclub, The Limit, which closed in 1992. The band was created in Mexico ... where it played one local concert, then came to Sheffield, where it played ...