Modotti vol. 2 - A star of the short century, by A. De La Calle (001 editions)
(Volume 2 of 2) The European exile of Tina Modotti: between Berlin, Paris, Moscow and Spain's civil war. The last part of the graphic novel dedicated to UNMIT italiano.Tina Modotti, photographer and revolutionary, artist, activist, to leave Mexico live in Europe. In Berlin assists in the early stages of Nazism. Sent to Moscow know the dangerous life of a secret agent of the Comintern, thanks to her new lover, Vittorio Vidali, live the fascinating cultural environment in Paris and will see the rise of fascism in power. The blow Status of General Franco in Spain, where the surprise will call María Ruiz, head of Red Aid. After the Republicans defeated tta of English exiles in Mexico to escape from the processes that are waiting in Moscow who returns from the war in Spain. Mexico, Cardenas, of the 50,000 refugees in Spain, the assassination of Trotsky, did not give her peace of mind. He died alone, a night in the backseat of a taxi in Mexico City. Modotti talking about this and why Tina no longer takes any photographers who left Berlin after the fall of 1930. And also because in 1991, Sotheby's, is paid the highest price in history for a photo a. It was Rose, scattata da Tina nel 1925.
