Cowrie, Christa

[Mexican-German photographer who commenced her career in photojournalism in 1975 and is most renowned for her work chronicling dance and theatre events in Mexico. Ms. Cowrie relocated to Mexico in 1963 and commenced her career at the newspaper Excélsior in 1975. In 1977, she was one of the founders of the newspaper Unomásuno, where she focused on ecological journalism. In the mid-nineties, she began to shift her focus towards dance and theatre photography, working with the National Research Centres for Dance and Theatre belonging to INBAL. She has created an extensive archive with these institutions, which is regarded as one of the most important in Mexico. Her contributions to the field have been recognised with membership of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.]

found: Hidalgo, obra comunitaria, 1987-1993, c1993:verso of t.p. (Christa Cowrie, photographer)

found: Los cantos fotográficos de Christa Cowrie, 1995:p. 11 (b. 1949, Hamburg, Germany; has lived in Mexico City since 1963)

found: La solemnidad del poder y sus fisuras en el fotoperiodismo de Christa Cowrie, 2020:(Christa Cowrie. Born 1949, Hamburg, Germany. She arrived in the port of Veracruz in 1963 at the age of fourteen. She married Dr. Arturo Bodenstedt Revueltas, and her teacher was Rosaura Revueltas, who taught her the Spanish language. When she travelled to Germany, she purchased a Nikon camera with which she produced her first photo-reportages for the newspaper Excelsior. She was subsequently invited to publish in La Revista de America, Magazine Dominical, and Revista de Revistas, unomásuno.)

found: Citru, INBA website, Sep. 24, 2024Christa Cowrie. Presentación (I began my professional career in 1975 with photographic essays in the newspaper Excélsior and later worked for the newspaper UnomásUno until 2002. From 2005 until my retirement in 2016, I worked for CITRU and as a photographer for the Cervantino International Festival.) Curriculum ( Christa Cowrie Engelmayer) - https://citru.inba.gob.mx/proyectos/exposiciones/fotografos/Salas/Sala-2/

found: Cuerpo y espíritu : imágenes de vida, 2003:title page (Photographs Christa Cowrie)

found: CENIDID, Sep. 24, 2024Christa Cowrie (She was one of the founders of the newspaper unomásuno in 1977, where she worked for twenty-five years. Since 2002 he has worked for the magazine Vértigo. His photographs of dance and theatre are published in the magazine Proceso. At the same time, for the last sixteen years he has been working at the Research Centres for Theatre and Dance (CITRU and Cenidi Danza) of INBA.) - https://cenididanza.inba.gob.mx/index.php/repisa/item/18-christa-cowrie/18-christa-cowrie

[Mexican-German photographer who commenced her career in photojournalism in 1975 and is most renowned for her work chronicling dance and theatre events in Mexico. Ms. Cowrie relocated to Mexico in 1963 and commenced her career at the newspaper Excélsior in 1975. In 1977, she was one of the founders of the newspaper Unomásuno, where she focused on ecological journalism. In the mid-nineties, she began to shift her focus towards dance and theatre photography, working with the National Research Centres for Dance and Theatre belonging to INBAL. She has created an extensive archive with these institutions, which is regarded as one of the most important in Mexico. Her contributions to the field have been recognised with membership of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.]