Photographer Cristina Kahlo, in front of an image of her great-grandaunt Frida Kahlo, will give a lecture on Contemporary Mexican Photography Aug. 6 at Santa Fe Community College. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) will present Cristina Kahlo, who will give a lecture on Contemporary Mexican Photography, 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 in the Lecture Hall (Room 216). The free lecture is offered by the SFCC’s Art on Campus in collaboration with Carlos Rovelo, Trustee and Chair, Education and Community Engagement Committee of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.

“SFCC is thrilled to work with esteemed Mexican art educator Carlos Rovelo through his role as Chair of the Education and Community Engagement Committee of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum to present contemporary Mexican photographer Cristina Kahlo.”

Mexican Photography has received world-wide attention in recent years. Nevertheless, most North Americans remain unaware of the deep influence of photography and photographers in Mexico’s cultural and political life. In this compelling lecture, Cristina Kahlo will guide the audience into various themes treated by Mexican photographers in recent decades, from the magical to the political, and from documentaries to the surreal.

Cristina Kahlo is one of Mexico’s most prominent contemporary photographers. Her three-decade career follows in the footsteps of her great-grandfather Guillermo Kahlo and father Antonio Kahlo, both celebrated photographers. Cristina is Frida Kahlo’s great-grandniece.

Cristina Kahlo employs multiple photographic printing techniques in her work, including platinum, cyanotype, heliogravure and color interventions. She has treated subjects such as the feminine universe, geometry, rituals, music, architecture, and dance. In addition, she has addressed various aspects of photography and documentary photography, including extensive photographic documentation of children living with disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy.

Her most recent work was photographing and cataloging the Frida Kahlo Museum collection. She was awarded the Bartels Foundation Residence Scholarship in Basel, Switzerland (2006-2010). Cristina’s artistic photography production titled “November Two” was exhibited in several European galleries, including Strasbourg, France; the Broetzinger Art Galerie in Pforzheim, and the Galerie Bode in Karlsruhe, Germany.

For more information, contact SFCC Director of Art on Campus Linda Cassel at linda.cassel@sfcc.edu or call 505.428.1501.