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Hector Garcia Biography
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1945 |
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Begn working as a photojournalist for Mexican newspapers in Mexico and abroad
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1958 |
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National Reporters Prize
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1969 |
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National Reporters Prize
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1972 |
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Prize for Best Ethnographic Film, Festival de Popoli, Florence, Italy
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1979 |
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National Reporters Prize
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2002 |
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Awarded El Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes
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2007 |
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Premio Nacional de Periodismo Cultural Fernando Benitez
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Studied at the Instituto de Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas with Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Gabriel Figueroa
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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"Hector Garcia: Our Lady Society," Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico
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2009
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"Cámera Obrera! Hector García y la calle Mexicana," Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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2005
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"Men of Mexico," Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York
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2003
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"Mexican Suites, Part II: Photography in Mexico," Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York
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2003
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Hector Garcia, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
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1998
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"Mexican Icons," Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York
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1997
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"Five Decades of Mexican Photography," Gallery of the Mexican Cultural Institute, New York
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| Selected Public Collections |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Vatican Museum, Vatican City
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The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
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Museo de la Fotografia, Mexico City, Mexico
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Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, Mexico
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The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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| Literature |
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1987
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Mexico sin retoque, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
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