Tina Modotti (1896–1942) - Construction Workers at the Stadium - Mexico City, 1927

TINA MODOTTI - Construction Workers at the Stadium - Mexico City, 1927

Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, 30x24 cm, Galerie Bilderwelt, portfolio edition of 11 (2021).
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.
Tina Modotti’s Construction Workers at the Stadium, Mexico City (1927)—along with her closely related series of individual laborer studies from that same year (such as Hands of a Construction Worker and Hands Resting on Tool)—marks a pivotal turning point in her artistic career.
Shift in Artistic Vision: Moving away from still lifes and purely formal studies of architecture, Modotti turned her lens toward the human engine of Mexico's reconstruction: the urban proletariat and rural campesinos.
Influenced by European Constructivism, Modotti used strong diagonal lines, sharp angles, and repeating geometric patterns of scaffolding, beams, and stadium tiers.

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
Tina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern. She left her native Italy in 1913 and emigrated to the United States, where she settled in San Francisco with her father and sister. In San Francisco, Modotti worked as a seamstress, model, and theater performer and, later, moved to Los Angeles where she worked in 3 films. 2 years later she became the student and lover of the photographer Edward Weston.

In 1923, Modotti left for Mexico City with Weston and his son Chandler, leaving behind Weston's wife Flora and their youngest three children. She agreed to run Weston's studio free of charge in return for his mentoring her in photography.
Together they opened a portrait studio in Mexico City. Modotti and Weston quickly gravitated toward the capital's bohemian scene and used their connections to create an expanding portrait business.

For more see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Modotti