Tina Modotti (1896–1942) - Luz Jiménez and Conchita, Mexico City 1926

This photo is titled „Child Breastfeeding“ ( Spanish Niña amamantándose or Luz Jiménez amamantando a su bebé Conchita) and was taken 1926–1927 in Mexico City.
Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, 30x24 cm, Galerie Bilderwelt, portfolio edition of 5.
Similar print used in the exhibition, catalog & portfolio "TINA MODOTTI -Photographien & Dokumente" Berlin 1989, the first exhibition of Modottis work in Germany.
It was organized in cooperation with Fototeca del Inah, Pachuca, Mexico, the repository of the surviving Modotti negatives transferred from Trieste to Mexico in the 1970s by Carlos Vidali, son of Vittorio Vidali, the last companion of Tina Modotti.

This image was also shown in the exhibition TINA MODOTTI produced by Galerie Bilderwelt for the Museo Cerralbo as part of XXV edition of PHotoESPAÑA in 2022.It is documented in the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKmxgnf3pI
The Nahua woman Luz Jiménez (born Julia Jiménez González, 1897–1965) from Milpa Alta, pictured with her daughter, Conchita.
Luz Jiménez frequently served as a model for 20th-century Mexican artists (such as Diego Rivera) and was a significant preserver of the Nahuatl language and culture.
Following the devastation of the Mexican Revolution, Luz Jiménez moved to Mexico City in the 1920s. To earn a living, she began working as a model for art schools and for the most renowned painters of the era:
• Diego Rivera immortalized her in many of his famous murals, including those in the National Palace and the Ministry of Public Education. He depicted her in works such as *La molendera* (The Woman Grinding Corn) and *Weaving*.
• José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jean Charlot also used her features as a symbol of Indigenous identity and the Indigenous roots of modern Mexico.
• In addition to being photographed by Tina Modotti, she was also the subject of portraits by the American photographer Edward Weston.