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Visita Kennedy Au 20 Nov.
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Héctor GarcíaMexican Photographer · 1923–2012
All works by this person →> What I've done practically all my life is to be a witness and to make graphic testimonies of the movements and struggles of the social classes in Mexico. This continues to be the most important motive I have to do photography. Héctor García's interest in photography grew out of his sense of social consciousness. Born and raised in an impoverished district of Mexico City, García first began takin
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- 1962
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- Gelatin silver print
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A motorcade carrying John F. Kennedy through Mexico City was a newsworthy event of social and political significance and thus a natural subject for the photojournalist Héctor García. In this image, García captured the festive mood of a tickertape parade along Avenida 20 Noviembre during Kennedy's 1962 visit to Mexico. Kennedy made this trip to promote the Alliance for Progress, a plan for developing the economies of Latin American nations. García's interest in events of political significance arose from his desire to portray social injustice and the plight of the urban poor. He has spent much of his life working as a photojournalist for Mexican and international publications, making documentary images with an eye for social content.
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