The MNBA has increased its permanent collection with new artworks, among which there are several  photographs by Marcos López (Santa Fe, 1958) in which he portraits artist Liliana Maresca (Buenos Aires, 1951-1994). She plays the leading role in her own work, she is the subject and poses in different politically iconic places of Buenos Aires in 1983.

Liliana Maresca con su obra Buenos Aires, by Marcos López (1983)

Technique: manual gelatine silver print / Measures: 50 x 50 cm - MNBA

Liliana Maresca con su obra Buenos Aires, by Marcos López (1983)

Technique: manual gelatine silver print / Measures: 50 x 50 cm - MNBA

A photo is a document, a reference of its time and it's also art. The PAMM, in Miami, is currently showing a selection of its permanent collection of photography. With the title "Image Search", the exhibition presents more than 100 iconic photos of the 20th Century.

Wanting the visitors to submerge in the photos, no written references are placed in the walls next to them. A good chance to compare techniques and details between the photos and the celebrities portrayed.

As in any collection of 20th Century photography, of course you'll find Diane Arbus (1923-1971), the urban photographer that pictured American society with sharpness.

Puerto Rican Woman with a Beauty Mark, NY, dby Diane Arbus (1965)

Technique: gelatine silver print

PAMM's Collection, Miami (Charles Cowles' donation).

At the exhibition, visitors are also presented with pictures taken by photographers-artists of other fellow artists. For example, Nicolas Muray (Hungary, 1892-NY, 1965), who captured Frida Kahlo in the precise moment she was painting "The two Fridas".

Frida painting “The Two Fridas”, by Nicolas Muray (1930s)

Technique: platinum print

PAMM's Collection, Miami (Charles Cowles' donation).

Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) was an actor who painted. However, by 1955 he would fully shift towards photography. By that time he was filming Rebel without a cause, and it was James Dean who encouraged him to continue with such adventure. From then on Dennis would take pictures of his famous friends, such as actor Paul Newman and artists Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol, by Dennis Hopper (1963)

Technique: silver gelatine print

PAMM's Collection, Miami (Charles Cowles' donation).