Photography had a central place Frida Kahlo’s life from childhood. From her father Guillermo Kahlo, a professional photographer, Kahlo learned the art of image-making both as a composer and subject. It has been said that Kahlo’s first mode of creative expression was photography as she collaborated with some of the world’s most celebrated photographers to create mesmerising portraits, including with Edward Weston, Dora Maar, Carl Van Vechten, Gisèle Freund, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, Emmy Lou Packard, Florence Arquin, Bernard Silberstein, Imogen Cunningham, Fritz Henle, Leo Matiz, and many others.
Also on display in Frida Kahlo: In her own image, are works by Tina Modotti, Man Ray, Andrè Breton, Jaqueline Lamba, Julien Levy, and Martin Munkácsi, from Kahlo’s personal collection.
In this talk, Maggie Finch, Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Victoria, will explore the role of photography in Kahlo’s life and practice, with a particular focus on some of the trailblazing women photographers in Kahlo’s circle. Maggie will explore the friendships, acts of collaboration, and the ways in which – often together – these artists helped to construct images of Kahlo. She will share insights into the importance of photography as an artform within the avant-garde of the day through the work of key women photographers, and its significant role in communicating ideas around identity, culture and politics, and in projecting an image of Kahlo to the world.
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Frida Kahlo at the Detroit Institute of Art, c.1932-33. Florence Arquin papers, 1923-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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