Born on July 28, 1874, Agustin Casasola was first a typographer for a newspaper, then a reporter and finally settled on photography as his career. He is credited for founding Mexico's first press agency: Agencia Fotografia Mexicana. Later he helped found the Mexican Association of Press Photographers. In the early 1900's Casasloa was involved in compiling thousands of photographs from the Mexican Civil War. The collection named "Casasola Archive" is housed at The National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico.
Casasola's work began with the photography of elite society, but then he turned to more socially and historically significant work. One particularly memorable instance was captured when he climbed a pole and photographed three assassins' execution over a prison wall.
Two of Casasola's sons went on to become photographers too, and it is sometimes unclear which photograph belongs to whom...
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