Tina Modotti
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Italian photographer, activist and actress (1896–1942)
OverviewAI-generated
Tina Modotti was a woman born on 17 August 1896 who died on 5 January 1942. She was associated with nationalities connected to Italy, Mexico, the United States and Russia. Over the course of her life she worked as a photographer, a political activist, an actor and a model, with her fields of work spanning photography, politics, the visual arts, and acting.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1896
- Died
- 1942
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Tina Modotti
- Devrimci Fotoğrafçı Tina Modotti
- Masters of Photography
- Fascinación
- Tina Modotti
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,646x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,186x
- Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
· 2016 · cited 5,857x
via Crossref · CC0
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1896–1942
- Nationality
- IT, MX, US, RU
- Role / Field
- Political activists, Photographers, Actors, Photographer, Modelo, Photography
- Language
- ita, eng
- Gender
- Female
Recorded by 27 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini , August 16/17, 1896, Udine , then part of the Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- January 5, 1942 (aged 45), Mexico City , Mexico
- Known for
- Photography
- Partner s
- Roubaix de l'Abrie Richey (1918 – 1922, his death), Edward Weston (1921 – 1927)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Udine
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- photography
- Conflict
- Spanish Civil War
- Military branch
- International Brigades
- Image
- Tina Modotti - Edward Weston.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Tina Modotti
- date of birth
- 1896-08-16
- date of death
- 1942-01-06
- cause of death
- heart failure
- has works in the collection
- Museo Nacional de Arte
- Commons Creator page
- Tina Modotti
- name in native language
- Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti
- archives at
- Smithsonian Institution
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Panteón de Dolores
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Tina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian and 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 film. She later became a photographer and essayist. In 1922 she moved to Mexico, where she became an active member of the Mexican Communist Party.
Early life
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