Manuel Carrillo was a Mexican photographer known as "El Maestro Mexicano" who began photographing later in life at age 49 in 1955. He created over 10,000 photographs, negatives, and slides documenting daily life in Mexico during a time of great political and social change. His photographs, along with others like Manuel Alvarez Bravo, helped shape how Mexico was perceived by others and how Mexicans saw themselves. The exhibit at the bank of America museum features many of Carrillo's photographs that provide intimate glimpses into life in Mexico in the mid-20th century.

1. MANUEL CARRILLO
Mi Querido México

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.

5. Boy & Dog Warming Up at Arcade, 1971

6. Dog Joins the Games at 2nd Base, 1970

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.

9. Bent Cross, 1973

10. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Portrait (Santa Rosa, Guanajuato), 1960

11. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Home From Church, 1972

12. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Untitled (Rope Seller)

13. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Shawl in the Air, 1958

14. Drunken Barrels – Pulqueria (Toluca), 1970

15. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Untitled (Street Scene)

16. Woman & Child From Above, 1961

17. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Boy Watering Horses, Veracruz, 1956

18. Untitled (Boy & Dog)

19. Dogs (Mexico City, D.F., 1975)

20. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Untitled (Woman & Steer)

21. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Untitled (Girl Leaning Against the Wall)

22. Marcela Armas
Opening Friday, July 25, 2014—January, 2015
Project Room
Curated by Idurre Alonso
Black Cat (Puerto Vallarta), 1960

23. Untitled (Woman Cleaning the Street)

24. Untitled (Girl & Flowers) Untitled (Old Woman & Stairs)

25. Woman on Park Bench (San Miguel), 1970

26. Getting Ready for Morning Business, 1970

27. Feeding the Child, 1963

28. Untitled (Boy at Church Door)
Untitled (Cat on Tile Roof)

29. Until Death Do Us Part, 1966