Visions of Modernity: Photographs from the Peruvian Andes, 1900-1930

Visions of Modernity: Photographs from the Peruvian Andes, 1900-1930 featured some 100 black-and-white photographs by the leading practitioners of the medium working in the southern Andes in the first decades of the twentieth century.

These works presented a vibrant image of a nation at the dawn of the modern era – a period in Peru of economic prosperity, social progress and general optimism. Through their varied techniques and subject matter, the photographers included in the exhibition documented a cross-section of Peruvian life, and suggested the complex heritage that shaped a world in the throes of modernization.

The exhibition was curated by Fernando Castro, Edward Ranney, and Peter Yenne and included the work of artists Crisanto Cabrera, Martín Chambi, Miguel Chani, Juan Manuel Figueroa-Aznar, José Gabriel González, Vidal González, Avelino Ochoa, Horacio Ochoa, Sebastián Rodríguez, and Carlos and Miguel Vargas.

An illustrated brochure with a text by exhibition co-curator Fernando Castro supplemented the exhibition.

^{Visions of Modernity: Photographs from the Peruvian Andes was made possible by the generous support of ASARCO Incorporated, the Consulate General of Peru in New York, JP Morgan& Company and Telefónica Internacional de España.}