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HELEN LEVITT-MEXICO CITY
P R IN T
M e x ic o C i t y
(DoiMetake, 1997)
B y H elen L evitt
n 1941, the American photographer
Helen Levitt spent several months
in Mexico, photographing the capi
tal city and its inhabitants. With nei
th er sentim entalism nor ro m an ti
cism and working almost exclusively
in urban and semiurban areas of the
city, she confronted the conflicts and
ju x ta p o s itio n s th a t a n n o u n c e d
M exico’s arrival into the m odern
world, and she did so with compel
ling force and dry wit. Her images
show scenes in Chapultepec Park,
the streets around the colonial cen
ter of the city, and the pulquerias and
working-class districts on the periph
ery. Today, more than half a century
later, Helen Levitt is recognized as
one of America’s preeminent photog
raphers. For this book, she has reex
am ined old negatives and vintage
prints and chosen sixty-seven pic
tures, most of which have never been
exhibited or published before. They
present a prophetic vision of a chang
ing city, a vision that helps us deci
pher the Mexico City of today.
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