- Kathy Vargas
Kathy Vargas (born
23 June 1950 inSan Antonio, Texas ) is an American photographer.Kathy Vargas became interested in the hand-coloured photography around 1970. A few years later, while working on a documentary project about yard shrines in her home town of San Antonio, Texas, she began researching Mexican and pre-Columbian myths and literature, and to produce works based on a photographic '
magic realism ' involving layering by multiple exposure and hand colouring (Marshall).In 1993 she produced a portfolio titled, "Revelaciones", and a year later was published in Nueva Luz photographic journal, volume 4#2 ( [http://www.enfoco.org En Foco] , Bronx: 1994)
Kathy Vargas currently teaches in the art department at The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX.
References
* [http://authorities.loc.gov/webvoy.htm Anglo-American Name Authority File, s.v. "Vargas, Kathy", LC Control Number no 9502087] , cited 10 September 2006.
* [http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa061002a.htm Marshall, Peter. 'Any Colour You Like', About, Inc.] , cited 10 September 2005.
* Kathy Vargas on [http://www.enfoco.org/index.php/photographers/photographer/vargas_kathy/ En Foco]
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