Note from the editor :

The life of Tina Modotti is the stuff of enduring legend. Her sensul, melancholic beauty inspired the work of the most brilliant atists, photographers, and writers of her time, including Diego River, Edward Weston, and Pablo Neruda. He fierce commitment to the social and political causes fo the working class and her affiliation with the Mexican Communist Party landed her at the center of national controversy in Mexico. A gifted photographer in her own right, Modotti is now widely recognized as one of the great artists of the early thentieth century.

In this internationally acclaimed biography, Pino Cacucci brings the adventurous, riveting, and tragic story of Tina Modotti to life. He shows great compassion for his subject even as he explores the darker sid of the passion that drove her. Set in Mexico, Germany and Spain, with a large and fascinating cast of natble characters, Tina Modotti penetrates the inner sanctum of Communism and the artistic circles of the late 1920’s and ’30s, and it paints a brilliant portrait of a woman and era.an