Armando Salgado

Armando Lenin Salgado Salgado (12 March 1938 – 14 April 2018)[1] was a Mexican photographer and photojournalist who documented the social movements of the twentieth century in Mexico. He is the author of the most widespread images of the Corpus Christi massacre and the guerrillero Genaro Vázquez.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salgado and the second or maternal family name is Salgado.
Armando Salgado
Born
Armando Lenin Salgado Salgado

(1938-03-12)12 March 1938
Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico
Died14 April 2018(2018-04-14) (aged 80)
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
NationalityMexican
OccupationPhotographer
Photojournalist
Years active1987–2018

Began in the 60s photographing, in the Colombian jungle, the group Ejército de Liberación Nacional. On June 10, 1971 he photographed the Corpus Christi massacre, also called Halconazo, which led him being imprisoned and tortured for 10 days.[2][3] His images were on the cover of Time magazine, Life, He died on 14 April 2018, of pancratic cancer.[4]

References
  1. https://suracapulco.mx/impreso/cultura/consume-el-cancer-al-legendario-fotografo-guerrerense-armando-lenin-salgado/
  2. ARMANDO SALGADO (in Spanish)
  3. Armando Lenin Salgado, los "ojos" del 10 de junio Archived 2011-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  4. Fallece Armando Lenin Salgado, fotógrafo del ‘halconazo’ de 1971 (in Spanish)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.