Through September 23, the Instituto Moreira Salles in Poços de Caldas, Brazil, will exhibit 60 photographs by Marcel Gautherot, taken in Mexico in the late 1930s.
The images on display underline the key aspects of Gautherot’s photography, reflecting the strong influence the Mexican photographer Manuel Àlvarez Bravo had on his work.
Marcel André Félix Gautherot was born in 1910 to a modest family in Paris. At 15, he enrolled at the Ecole National des Arts Décoratifs, taking evening classes in architecture. Already he showed a real interest in photography. In the 1930s, Gautherot grew close to the Alliance Photo in Paris, which represented independent photographers like Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Pierre Verger.
Céline Chevallier
Read the full text of this Céline Chevallier‘s article on the French version of Le Journal.
O México de Marcel Gautherot
Until Septembre 23rd, 2012
Instituto Moreira Salles
Rua Teresópolis, 90, Jardim dos Estados
Poços de Caldas – Brasil
Tel : 0055 35 3722 2776
Tuesday – Sunday : 1pm – 7pm
Free Entrance
