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Martín Chambi
Peruvian photographer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chambi and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.
Martín Chambi Jiménez | |
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Self-portrait of Chambi, 1956 | |
| Born | (1891-11-05)November 5, 1891 Coaza, Puno, Peru |
| Died | September 13, 1974(1974-09-13) (aged 82) Cuzco, Peru |
| Known for | photography |
Martín Chambi Jiménez (November 5, 1891 – September 13, 1973) was a Peruvian photographer, originally from Puno, in southern Peru.
He was one of the first major Indigenous Latin American photographers.
Recognized for the profound historic and ethnic documentary value of his photographs, he was a prolific portrait photographer in the towns and countryside of the Peruvian Andes.
As well as being the leading portrait photographer in Cuzco, Chambi made many landscape photographs, which he sold mainly in the form of postcards, a format he pioneered in Peru.[1]
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