L.H. Horton Jr. Gallery showcases modern Mexican photography at Delta College

STOCKTON — Located on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College, the L.H. Horton Jr. Gallery, in partnership with UCR ARTS California Museum of Photography, is presenting an exhibition of Contemporary Mexican Photography from Nov. 15 to Dec. 14.

The gallery will open on Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. for the exhibition reception. Admission to the gallery is free and open to the public.

Photographs from the collection of UC Riverside California Museum of Photography presented in this exhibition represent Mexico’s rich and diverse 20th century photography tradition, with works by Manuel Carillo, Graciela Iturbide, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Pedro Meyer, José Kuri Breña, Mariana Yampolsky, and many more.

The California Museum of Photography was founded in 1973 with a gift of photographs, cameras and books. In subsequent years, the museum has grown its collection to approximately 750,000 objects, including photographs, negatives, cameras and a robust library, making it among the largest and most diverse photography collections in the United States.

Strengths include the Keystone-Mast stereoscopic archive, the archives of several commercial photographers (including images that Ansel Adams produced of the University of California as workfor-hire in the 1960s), and encyclopedic collections of several major camera manufacturers.

The California Museum of Photography’s fine art photography collection includes significant examples of 19th century, modernist and contemporary images. Through exhibitions, collections and publications, the museum examines the history of photography and showcases contemporary works in photography and new media.

COURTESY PHOTOGRAPH Photo by Manuel Carrillo; University of California, Riverside’s California Museum of Photography.