Fritz Henle "Mexican Studies" Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
1940s. 45 black and white photographs (10 1/2" x 13") of city and country scenes, indigenous people, workers, famous personages, archaeological sites and architecture of Mexico. See also the companion book, Mexico: 64 photographs, by Fritz Henle, which included this passage on the origin of the photographs: "In 1936, Henle saw Mexico for the first time and, impressed by the paradoxical countray with its centuries-old cultures and its revolution into modernism, he started plans for this photographic essay. In 1943, at the invitation of the Mexican government, he went back to do a photodocumentary job, a camera sketch book." -- from the preface by John R. Whiting. Click HERE to see the catalog record.
Dates
- 1940s
Creator
- Fritz Henle (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to the public. No known restrictions.
Biographical or Historical Information
Fritz Henle was born in Dortmund, Germany in 1909. He settled in the United States in 1936. As a photographer, he was an early contributor to Life Magazine, and thereafter produced images for other popular serials including: Henle produced work for a range of clients, including Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Town and Country, and Holiday. His career as a freelance photographer spanned more than 60 years during which time he amassed a collection of over 110,000 negatives. Henle worked in fashion, industry, travel, and portraiture and represented in his vast collection are scenes from Europe, India, Japan, USA, Caribbean, and Mexico. He is known also for his use of the of 2 1/4" square format film in the Rolleiflex camera and his work has been published in over 20 books.
Extent
45.00 Pieces
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
2 Hollinger boxes
- Antiquities -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architecture, Colonial -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architecture, Urban -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Mesoamerica -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor and laboring classes -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexico -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographers -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Fritz Henle "Mexican Studies" Photograph Collection
- Subtitle
- Photograph Collection 24, Image Archive, The Latin American Library, Tulane University
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Latin American Library at Tulane Repository
7001 Freret Street
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 4th floor
Tulane University
New Orleans Louisiana 70118 US
(504) 865-5681
lal@tulane.edu
