Foto Mantel

Organization

Dates

Existence: 1926 - 1934

General Context

Ricardo Mantel, a German-born photographer, maintained a business called Foto Mantel at 11 Capuchinas Street between 1926 and 1934. Although very little is known about this photographer, Manuel Álvarez Bravo's memoir mentions that it was Mantel who first used a Leica camera in Mexico and that his business was a place where many amateurs gathered to exchange tips and techniques. See in: Alquimia. National Photo Library System. No. 41. Del Pictorialismo y Otros Olvidos. January - April. Mexico, 2011.

In December 1929 a major group show "Guillermo Toussaint y 11 fotógrafos mexicanos en la Galería de Arte Mexicano" was held at the National Theater (now Palacio de Bellas Artes) in Mexico City. The exhibit was organized by Carlos Mérida and Carlos Orozco Romero, and it featured works by sculptor Guillermo Toussaint, photographers Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Hugo Brehme, Rafael García, Librado García Smart, Agustín Jiménez, Ricardo Mantel, Luis Márquez, Juan Ocón and Roberto Turnbull, as well as Aurora Eugenia and her mother Aurora Latapí. See in: Rodríguez, José Antonio (2012). Fotó-grafas en México, 1872–1960. Madrid: Turner. p. 72.

Places

Mexico (Associated Country)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Maria Chabot in Mexico, 1933 September

Item

Identifier: 1.1.2

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The Chabot family photographs sub-series includes, but is not limited to the following materials: 173 photographs and slides of Maria Chabot alone and with family, friends and pets from her infancy to old age. The last dated photograph is 1994. Also, a poem by Mary Van Derlip Chabot about M.C. as a baby and a chromolithographic print with a poem about motherhood, which was found in back of a framed baby picture of M.C. 70 photographs, slides, and negatives of Olive Anderson Johnson Chabot,...

Dates: 1933 September

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Maria Chabot Papers / Biographical / Chabot family / Photographs / Maria Chabot, 20-36 years