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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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