
Tina Modotti died in Mexico City on January 6, 1942, shortly after boarding a cab at midnight on the night of January 5. She became a Comintern agent and was active in organizing medical services during the Spanish Civil War before returning to Mexico in 1939. Seller Image Tina Modotti & Edward Weston: The Mexico Years Modotti, Tina & Edward Weston) Sarah M. After Weston’s departure in 1926, Modotti became increasingly active in revolutionary politics, leading to her deportation in 1930. Although taught technique by Weston, she developed her own personal vision, expressed in photographs fueled by her passionate sympathy for the hard life of the poor and her love of art and Mexican crafts. After his death in 1922, she moved to Mexico City, where she operated a portrait studio with her lover, photographer Edward Weston. She became a model and actress and married artist Roubaix “Robo” de l’Abrie Richey in 1918.


Stiff illustrated wraps, like new.īorn in Italy in 1896, Tina Modotti arrived in California in 1913.
