Artist of the Week- Martin Chambi

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                                                                    Martin Chambi at Macchu Picchu, 

His daughter, Julia Chambi, is quoted as saying, "my father was enchanted by light."^[4] His studio in Cuzco included a set of blinds and shutters made specifically so that he could alter the natural lighting to best suit his photographs

A reed-built boat on Lake Titicaca, in the shape of a tiger. [Martin Chambi]

                                                            Self Portrait Machu Picchu 

                                                             A costume party. [Martin Chambi]

"It is wrong to focus too much on the testimonial value of his photos. They have that, indeed, but, in equal measure they express the milieu in which he lived and they show (...) that when he got behind a camera, he became a giant, a true inventor, a veritable force of invention, a recreator of life."

- Mario Vargas Llosa

                                                 The family of Ezequiel Arce with their potato crop. [Martin Chambi]

                                                        Martín Chambi – Self Portrait in Studio, Cusco 1921

Choose top 2 images  .

Answer the following questions

  1. How is the technical quality? 

2. How’s the composition? 

  


       3. What do you find interesting about his work?