Mexico, a photographic history : a selective catalogue of the Fototeca Nacional of the INAH

Also printed in Spanish as: Luces sobre México: catálogo selectivo de la Fototeca Nacional del INAH
We cite from the cover:
""'Mexico: A Photographic History' sees the light some thirty years after the founding of the Fototeca Nacional, one of the most important photo archives in Latin America. Not only does the book constitute a virtual history of the art of photography in Mexico, it also offers indispensable documentary testimonies to over 150 years of social, political, cultural, artistic, scientific, and economic happenings in Mexico, from the middle of the nineteenth century to our own day."
"This book provides concise descriptions of forty of the Foto-teca's most important collections, illustrated by a rich sampling of the most representative photographs they contain. These include the celebrated collection of the Casasola family, with its iconic images of the Mexican Revolution; the Pre-Hispanic collection, with its views of Mexico's past by authors such as Teobert Maler; the Ethnic collection, which records the country's indigenous heritage in photographers such as Alfred Laurent, Antonio W. Rieke, and Bedros Tatarian; the Guillermo Kahlo collection, With its innovative vision of Mexican colonial architecture as formulated by Frida Kahlo's less famous father; the collection of Felipe Teixidor, with the work of nineteenth-century pioneers Désiré Charnay, William H. Jackson, Alfred Briquet, and François Aubert; the C.B. Waite / W. Scott collection, with its views of Mexico's people, landscapes, and archaeological sites; the collections of Tina Modotti, an expression of the social, political, and aesthetic concerns of one of the most vibrant periods in recent Mexican history; and Hugo Brehme, with its costumbrista scenes and landscapes; the SEMO collection, Simon Flechine's singular vision of the cultural and artistic milieus of the '40s and '50s; and the collection of Nacho Lopez, a key figure in understanding contemporary photography in Mexico, who offers a colorful panorama of life in mid-century Mexico City."