Modotti., Tina
Tina Modotti (Italy, 1896 Mexico, 1942). She was born in the Italian town of Udine into a modest family. She was an immigrant in the United States, actress, photographer, revolutionary, communist militant, political refugee and member of Socorro Rojo Internacional. She founded the Liga Antifascista de México and she collaborated with the Soviet embassy and the Communist Party of Mexico in the editing of its newspaper El Machete. From a very young age she took on the role of a free woman in opposition to the social imaginary of the time, and in the short time of her exciting life she sought beauty through photography, and she worked for social justice through political militancy.