scenic 100 Years-100 Image / photo exhibition presented in the Courtyard of the Palace of Government of the State of Chihuahua
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Movie Camera Old Fashioned
PRESS PHOTO EXHIBITION LAUNCH 
Among the different stages that make up the Mexican Revolution, perhaps no event may we compared in importance to the call takes in Ciudad Juarez, military operation of the Mexican Revolution that defined the course of that conflict where it was not only a change in governance, but a genuine reconfiguration of political, economic and social, including what the Mexicans understand as part of our identity.
An invaluable testimony of this historical era is the magnificent collection of photographs will be exhibited in the Palace courtyard Government, under the title "First Centennial of the Capture of Ciudad Juárez. 100 years-100 images ", whose opening ceremony was held on Monday May 16 at 11:00 pm with free admission.
These images are part of the newly printed book Making of Ciudad Juárez. May 1911, bringing together nearly 150 photographs previously unpublished or little known about this pivotal event to understand the history of Mexico. The series comprise the collection showcases the different aspects of military and everyday reality in the field of battle, from images of historical figures, such as Villa, Madero and Orozco, even lesser-known, at least in image, Maximo Castillo, Abraham Gonzalez and Peppino Garibaldi, yet there's plenty of anonymous faces that were captured for posterity on photographic plates and serve as silent witnesses of history.
This book is the result of an almost detective work by the authors of the book, which was given the task of tracing images in a multitude of files, especially the United States, because the vast majority of photojournalists came from that country.
armed attack in Ciudad Juárez was one of the first major new media events century.
On the one hand, Francisco I. Madero had his political reasons for not attacking Ciudad Juarez: I wanted to avoid the possibility of giving rise to a diplomatic dispute with the United States. Meanwhile, Villa's reasoning was practical and military, had already got there, one of the most important strongholds for the supply of military supplies and weapons Diaz, had to take the city because, well, the troops and was " hot, ready to fight. Madero enters into any ceasefire with the forces of the dreaded "Tigre de Cerro Prieto," General Juan N. Navarro, an advocate of the square by federal.
Meanwhile, around the city and the Texan city of El Paso had become a hotbed of reporters, journalists and curious onlookers, as it was the first revolution that would be recorded, with photographs and real images, by U.S. industrial journals and major newspapers of the time, as well as the emerging "toy" that represented the film cameras. At first, photographers and cameramen roamed freely around the headquarters of the warring parties. Even General Navarro posing unreservedly to correspondents, but as they grew hostilities, banned the registration of images in order to prevent espionage and data leakage.
REPORTS: Chihuahua Institute of Culture
Department. Communications and Events Tel: (614) 214-48-56
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