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Tina Modotti was an Italian photographer who emigrated to the United States in 1913 at the age of 16. She was drawn to the performing arts at first and experimented with acting. She appeared in plays, operas, and silent films throughout the 1910s and 1920s. As she worked and built her career and relationships, she became friends with many including the photographer, Edward Weston. Modotti had been around photography for much of her life. In Italy, her uncle ran a photography studio. In the U.S., her father also ran a photo studio in San … [Read more...] about Tina Modotti | A Photographer You Should Know