Delve through the personal photo albums of the enigmatic Mexican artist and gain insight into her unique creative world.
The interests and obsessions that Kahlo grappled with throughout her life are reflected in this collection of photos - her family, her fascination for Diego Rivera and other loves, her crippled body and medical science, her friends and enemies, political struggles and art, the pre-Columbian past and her great love for Mexico and its traditions.
Frida Kahlo, her photos reveals Kahlo’s passion for collecting historical photographs as reference material for her work, as well as the photographs of contemporaries including Man Ray, Martin Munkácsi, Fritz Henle, Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Pierre Verger, and Lola and Manuel Álvarez.
The collection is drawn from the extensive archive of the Casa Azul (Blue House).
Frida Kahlo, her photos is on at Bendigo Art Gallery until Feb 10, 2019.
