EL ARTE INDIGENA DE MARTIN CHAMBI (Cuzco) THE NEO-INDIGENOUS ART OF MARTIN CHAMBI Chronology 1891 - Born in Coaza, Puno (Peru) to a Quechua-speaking indigenous family. [2] 1905 - Father dies. Travels to the banks of the Inambari to work in the gold mines, meets photographers working at the Santo Domingo Mine owned by the Inca Mining Co. 1908 - Apprentice in the photographic studio of Max T. Vargas, in Arequipa. 1917 - Opens his first photographic studio in Sicuani, Puno. 1920 - Establishes himself in the city of Cusco, photographing in the painterly style he learned in Arequipa. 1927 - Beginning of his mature photographic style. 1938 - Opens studio gallery 1950 - Cusco earthquake. End of the Cusco School. After this, he gradually ceases to work actively as a photographer. 1958 - Exposition in his honor on the occasion of 50 years of his career as a photographer. 1964 - Chambi Exposition en Mexico (Primera Convención de la Federación Internacional de Arte Fotográfico) 1973 - Chambi dies in Cusco, in his old studio on Calle Marqués. 1976 - Documentary, El arte fotográfico de Martín Chambi, by José Carlos Huayhuaca. 1977 - First work in cataloguing and restoring Chambis photographic archives, financed by the Earthwatch Foundation (Belmont, Massachusetts) marks the beginning of international recognition of his work. 1979 - Retrospective exposition at MOMA in New York City. 1981 - Latin American photography exhibit in Zurich. 1986 - BBC Arena film Martin Chambi and The Heirs of the Incas distributed on television worldwide. 1990 - Exposition dedicated to Chambi at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Book of his work published to coincide with exhibition.
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