The Hungarian who went to Mexico via Spain
July 6, 2020 10:09 AM   Subscribe

Childhood friends Kati Horna and Robert Capa became lovers and she went with him to Spain, becoming the woman who captured his Heart.
She documented mostly away from the front lines.
After marrying the Sculptur Jose Horna they fled to Mexico, where she formed a close and lasting friendship with the Surrealists Remedios Varo & Leonora Carrington and her husband Chiqui Weisz (see Mexican Suitcase). As well as photographing Frida Kahlo's studio and Portraits of Leonora Carrington and Varo she played with collage and masks.
A lost archive of her Civil War photos only appeared last year (2019). During her long life she produced a large and varied body of work. See pdf.
posted by adamvasco (3 comments total) 16 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is great, thank you!
posted by larrybob at 10:55 AM on July 6, 2020


What a life! And her photos are amazing too. Thank you for this, I was unaware of her work.
posted by pjsky at 10:55 AM on July 6, 2020


Amazing work about an amazing time in history. The small moments of joy she captured really stand out.
posted by Grimp0teuthis at 2:00 PM on July 6, 2020


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