2. MANUEL CARRILLO
Mi Querido México
May 16–November 30, 2014
Stuart A. Ashman, Curator
FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA
COLLECTION
3. “El Maestro Mexicano,” as he was known by many on both sides of
the border, came to the art of photography later in life with an initial
exhibition of his work in Mexico City at the age of forty-nine in 1955.
Manuel Carrillo created a body of work of over 10,000 prints,
negatives and slides which he left in the care of the University of Texas
at El Paso Library.
Stuart A. Ashman
Curator
4. MANUEL CARRILLO
1906 Born in Mexico, D.F.
1974 Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes acquires 50 works
1978 Victoria and Albert Museum acquires 20 works
1981 New Orleans Museum of Art acquires 6 works
1989 Dies in Mexico, D.F. at the age of 83.
7. Manuel Carrillo worked in Mexico in the middle of the 20th century, a
time in Mexico that witnessed great political changes and social
transformations and a moment in the country’s history when it was
establishing its strong cultural identity.
8. Carrillo’s work, along with the well- known Manuel Alvarez Bravo,
Tina Modotti and the American photographer Edward Weston, among
others, was a contributing force as to how Mexico saw itself and how the
rest of the world came to perceive that complex country. A bit of the
understanding and empathy for the daily life of the Mexican people
seen in Carrillo’s work would be of great help in how Mexico is
perceived today.