Finding aid for the Nacho López photographs 0561

Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2022 December

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Nacho López photographs

Creator: López, Nacho, 1923-1986

Identifier/Call Number: 0561

Physical Description: 4.688 Linear Feet 3 boxes

Date (bulk): 1950s

Abstract: This collection consists of about two dozen photographs taken by photo essayist Nacho López (1923-1986).

Language of Material: English.

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Biographical / Historical

Nacho López (1923–1986) was a photojournalist in Mexico, active for less than a decade during the 1950s. He preferred photographing common people around Mexico City and worked on photographic series, or "photo-essays" for publication in weekly pictorial magazines. López studied at the Instituto de Artes y Ciencias Cinemato-gráficas from 1945 to 1947 and principally learned photography from Mexican artistic photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902-2002).

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of about two dozen photographs taken by photo essayist Nacho López (1923-1986). These photographs depict the lives of people in Mexico doing everyday tasks.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Nacho López photographs, Collection no. 0561, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Photographs

Mexico -- Photographs

Mexico

Mexico -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works

Photojournalism -- Mexico -- Archival resources