Happy Birthday Mariana Yampolsky!
Photographer Mariana Yampolsky was born on September 6, 1925, in the US. She came to Mexico to study art and eventually became a citizen in 1958. Her father was a sculptor. She came from an intellectual, cultured family. She studied at University of Chicago and then moved to Mexico and attended La Esmeralda and later San Carlos Academy.She fell in love with Mexico and made it her home. After studying sculpture and painting, she eventually became a photographer to document her travel and political and art interests.
Yampolsky was a member of the Taller de Grafica Popular when it was not common for women to be members. The group aimed to create art to further its political views and messages. Yampolsky was a printmaker for the group and then began photographing her travels and the group's activities. She also documented rural Mexican culture and art. Her first solo exhibit was in 1960.
In addition to her art carer she was a curator and exhibition organizer for the Taller de Grafica Popular, and also an editor for primary school textbooks including many reproductions of art and culture. Her work is included in collections and books all over the world. The Mariana Yampolsly Foundation honors her memory and promotes her life's work.
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