2014 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Pablo Ortiz Monasterio

Saturday, March 08, 2014 @ 9:00am, Holiday 2-3

Conversación: Dialogue at a Distance

Pablo Ortiz Monasterio is a photographer and curator who lives in Mexico City. In 1994, Monasterio founded the Centro de la Imagen, a leading venue for photography education, events, and exhibitions in Mexico. He has served as an editor on various book projects, including Mexican Portraits (Aperture and Fundacin Televisa, 2012), Frida Kahlo: Her Photos (RM, 2010), Mxico Indgena, and the periodical Luna Crnea. Monasterio was also a founding editor of Ro de Luz, a collection of 20 books published by Fondo de Cultura Econmica in Mexico City. He has had solo exhibitions in the Museo de Arte Moderno, Centro de la Imagen, and Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, and in museums and galleries around the world. Books of his own photographs include The Last City (1995) and White Mountain (2010).