摄影师爱德华•韦斯顿、蒂娜•莫多蒂、保罗•斯特兰德和海伦•莱维特在战时与其他美国艺术家前往墨西哥，寻求一个更容易接受现代艺术激进思想前提的社区。本书仔细研究了这四位艺术家在墨西哥创作的作品，考察了这些外籍人士与他们的墨西哥同龄人之间的交流在形成新的摄影风格方面的重要作用。莫妮卡•布拉沃对韦斯顿与迭戈•里维拉的友谊发表了新见解；莫多蒂的劳动图像，她将其与Stridentists的著作一起发表；斯特兰德对民间主题和作曲家卡洛斯•查韦斯作品的参与；以及曼努埃尔•阿尔瓦雷斯•布拉沃对莱维特对新世界超现实主义贡献的影响。本书探讨了这些对话如何形成了一种以美洲利益为特征的独特的现代主义，揭示了跨境合作塑造新的 "大美国 "美学的方式。

An engaging investigation of how the relationships between four U.S. photographers and Mexican artists forged new developments in modernism

Photographers Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Paul Strand, and Helen Levitt were among the U.S. artists who traveled to Mexico during the interwar period seeking a community more receptive to the radical premises of modern art. Looking closely at the work produced by these four artists in Mexico, this book examines the vital role of exchanges between the expatriates and their Mexican contemporaries in forging a new photographic style. Monica Bravo offers fresh insights concerning Weston’s friendship with Diego Rivera; Modotti’s images of labor, which she published alongside the writings of the Stridentists; Strand’s engagement with folk themes and the work of composer Carlos Chávez; and the influence of Manuel Álvarez Bravo on Levitt’s contributions to a New World surrealism. Exploring how these dialogues resulted in a distinct kind of modernism characterized by inter-

American interests, the book reveals the ways in which cross-border collaboration shaped a new “greater American” aesthetic.