Agustín Casasola
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Agustín Víctor Casasola others cite: (July 28. 1874 – March 30. 1938) was a Mexican
photographer and partial founder of the Mexican Association of Press Photographers.
Casasola began his career as a typographer
for the newspaper El Imparcial, eventually moving to reporter then on to photographer in the early 1900s. He became a photographer in 1894. By 1911 Casasola was credited with founding the first Mexican press agency, Agencia Fotografica Mexicana. Casasola was later thanked by the interim president in 1911, Francisco León de la Barra
, for having "inaugurated a new phase of freedom in the press photography." By the end of 1912 the agency had expanded and changed its name to Agencia Mexicana de Informacion Fotografica. The agency brought on more photographers and began purchasing pictures from foreign agencies and amateurs, then redistributing those photographs to newspapers.
When El Imparcial went out of business in 1917, Casasola recovered the newspapers archives, eventually compiling many of the photographs into the famed "Album histórico gráfico" which covered the events of the Mexican Revolution
. Casasola only managed to print the first 6 volumes covering the years 1910 to 1912. It is believed the work did not fare well due to the changing attitude of people wanting to move on from the death and suffering that plagued the civil war.
In 1920, Casasola as well as other notable Mexican photographers founded the Mexican Association of Press photographers.
Casasola's collection was later dubbed the Casasola Archive where it was later housed at the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico
, the collection totaling over 500,000 prints and negatives.
He was father to Mexican photographer Gustavo Casasola Zapata.
Mexican people
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photographer and partial founder of the Mexican Association of Press Photographers.
Casasola began his career as a typographer
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
for the newspaper El Imparcial, eventually moving to reporter then on to photographer in the early 1900s. He became a photographer in 1894. By 1911 Casasola was credited with founding the first Mexican press agency, Agencia Fotografica Mexicana. Casasola was later thanked by the interim president in 1911, Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure and diplomat, who served as interim president of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911....
, for having "inaugurated a new phase of freedom in the press photography." By the end of 1912 the agency had expanded and changed its name to Agencia Mexicana de Informacion Fotografica. The agency brought on more photographers and began purchasing pictures from foreign agencies and amateurs, then redistributing those photographs to newspapers.
When El Imparcial went out of business in 1917, Casasola recovered the newspapers archives, eventually compiling many of the photographs into the famed "Album histórico gráfico" which covered the events of the Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...
. Casasola only managed to print the first 6 volumes covering the years 1910 to 1912. It is believed the work did not fare well due to the changing attitude of people wanting to move on from the death and suffering that plagued the civil war.
In 1920, Casasola as well as other notable Mexican photographers founded the Mexican Association of Press photographers.
Casasola's collection was later dubbed the Casasola Archive where it was later housed at the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico
National Institute of Anthropology and History
The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia is a Mexican federal government bureau established in 1939 to guarantee the research, preservation, protection, and promotion of the prehistoric, archaeological, anthropological, historical, and paleontological heritage of Mexico...
, the collection totaling over 500,000 prints and negatives.
He was father to Mexican photographer Gustavo Casasola Zapata.
External links
- Sistema Nacional de Fototecas, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)
- Casasola Museum/Museo Casasola Independent none profit organization with more than 120,000 negatives, cartoons, maps, documentaries and more.This special collection covers a century of Mexico's graphic history from four generations 1900–2009. It's another view of the Mexican Revolution and the US-México border history. Casasola Museum honors the more than 1 million Mexicans who died during that armed conflict,a revolution that promised, in its ideals,independence and democracy,and last but not least,"Land and Liberty,Tierra y Libertad". Rather, it seeks to find answers through reflection and historical review as a means to understand what really happened after 100 years of the existence of the first Latin American revolution of the 20th century.