photography – Jonathan Saxon

by Jonathan Saxon on November 1, 2016January 16, 2017

Chichen [stone sculptural relief bird] 96.R.137.472. Views of Maya Ruins in the Yucatan, 1873 [Cabinet card photographic prints of Chichén Iztá and Uxmal] Courtesy of the Getty Research Institute, Lo

Figure 1. William Henry Jackson. Market in Aguascalientes, Mexico, about 1880, Albumen silver print 43.3 x 54 cm (17 1/16 x 21 1/4 in.). Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. 85.XM.397.2

If you are interested in areas of study such as the History of Mexico, Latin American History, Photohistory, or Photography, you might want to check out the user-guide article I wrote for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History, “Digital Resources: Getty Research Institute Digital Exhibitions and Portals for Mexico”

by Jonathan Saxon on February 8, 2012January 16, 2017

If you are in downtown Los Angeles stop off at the Getty Gallery at the L.A. Central Library and check out the exhibition A Nation Emerges: The Mexican Revolution Revealed. I was the Getty Research Institute’s researcher for this exhibition.