Mario Ferrer Mortimor
from the series Guajiros

from the series Guajiros

©1975 Mario Ferrer Mortimor

from the series Guajiros
from the series Guajiros
CultureCuban
Titles
  • from the series Guajiros
  • from the series Peasants
Date1975
PlaceMatanzas, Cuba
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 in. (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Esther Parada
Object number2006.414
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

A founding photo-correspondent for the newspaper Revolución, Mario Ferrer Mortimor belonged to the “epic generation” of photographers known for their images celebrating the heroes and accomplishments of the revolution. Rather than photograph only the new leaders of the nation, however, Mortimor also portrayed the common man, the rural peasantry on whom the revolution and future depended.

Mario Ferrer Mortimor, fotorreportero fundador del periódico Revolución, perteneció a la “generación épica” de fotógrafos, conocida por sus imágenes celebratorias de los héroes y logros de la revolución. No obstante, además de fotografiar a los nuevos líderes de la nación, Mortimor retrató al hombre común y a los campesinos, de quienes dependían tanto la revolución como el futuro.  


ProvenanceEsther Parada, Saxtons River, Vermont; given to MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition HistoryPremio de Fotografia Cubana 1982 organized by the Ministry of Culture, Cuba
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso top edge: "GUAJÍROS", "MATANZAS(?)"
Marked in pencil on verso upper right: "MARIO FERRER"

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