May 16, 1917, was the birth date for Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Perez Rulfo Vizcaino, better known as simply Juan Rulfo. He was a writer, screenwriter and photographer. He was born in Alpulco, Jalisco and raised by his grandmother after both of his parents died while he was still young. He originally planned to study law at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, but ended up studying literature and began writing instead. He did write several books, articles and lectures, his masterpiece being "One Hundred Years of Solitude" but we are looking at art so I am including the photograph called "Oaxacan Farmers" below. Many of his photographs were published in a book with Carlos Fuentes' (among others) essays, titled Juan Rulfo's Mexico.
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