Manuel Carrillo

Manuel Carrillo... Untitled (n.d. Gelatin Silver Print). From Works by Manuel Carrillo at Verve Fine Arts in Santa Fe, NM. "...Manuel Carrillo was born in Mexico City in 1906 and his destiny as interpreter of his own people would not be revealed until almost half a century later. At the age of 16, in 1922, Carrillo left Mexico for New York where he pursued several odd jobs before becoming an Arthur Murray waltz and tango champion. During this period in New York, he settled down to work for the Wall Street firm of Neuss Hesslein and Co., but in 1930 he returned to his beloved Mexico. There he began working for one of the pioneers of the Mexican tourist industry Albert L. Bravo. Carrillo later abandoned that position to become the general agent for the Illinois Central Railroad's office in Mexico City, where he stayed for thirty-six years, until his retirement. At the age of 49, he joined the Club Fotografico de Mexico and the Photographic Society of America. His first international exhibition, titled, 'Mi Pueblo (My People), was held in 1960 at the Chicago Public Library and depicted daily life in rural Mexico."