Examining the life-cycle artistic productivity of latin american photographers: álvarez bravo, larraín, and salgado
Examinando la productividad artística durante el ciclo de vida de fotógrafos latinoamericanos: álvarez bravo, larraín, y salgado
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life-cycle artistic productivityconceptual and experimental innovators
age-output profile
photographers
Latin America
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The paper examines the life-cycle artistic productivity of three leading Latin American photographers of the twentieth century: Manuel Álvarez Bravo (Mexico), Sergio Larraín (Chile), and Sebastião Salgado (Brazil). The analysis constructs narratives using art books and other sources of expert commentary, following the approach in earlier contributions to the economics literature on the subject [David W. Galenson, 2007, Old masters and young geniuses: The two life cycles of artistic creativity, Princeton University Press]. The research identifies Manuel Álvarez Bravo as a ‘conceptual innovator’, a feature that caught the French surrealists’ attention early in his career. In contrast, Sergio Larraín and Sebastião Salgado accomplish their contributions to photography like ‘experimental innovators’. The investigation assembles and evaluates metrics from museum holdings and selected retrospectives to gauge the robustness of the conclusions emerging from the benchmark narratives. The results can be useful from the academic and public policy viewpoints: a better understanding of life-cycle artistic productivity can inform deliberations on the allocation of public funding for creative industries.
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Ciencia, Economía y Negocios; Vol. 4 Núm. 1 (2020): Ciencia, Economía y Negocios; 85-119
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Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
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