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Mexico City, Mexico. Marco Antonio Cruz López, friend, colleague, mentor of Mexican photojournalism and coordinator of photography for Proceso magazine and documentary filmmaker with more than 40 years of experience, died this Friday afternoon, April 2, south of Mexico City.
Originally from Puebla, Puebla (1957), Marco Antonio Cruz was a photojournalist and founder of the newspaper La Jornada (1984), editor of the agency Imagenlatina (1986) which directed for more than a decade from 1987 to 2003..
Imagenlatina was founded by Marco Antonio Cruz alongside Pedro Valtierra, Andrés Garay, Rubén Pax, Herón Alemán and Arturo Fuentes. His career began with the great Mexican photojournalist Héctor García, from whom Marco Antonio continued his work as a mentor and precursor of the new Mexican photojournalism, which combines informative elements with a personal style, revolutionizing the photojournalistic and photodocumentary work of the country.
On April 15, 2021, he will accompany his colleagues and friends John Mraz, Rebeca Monroy and Héctor Zarauz in the presentation of the book "The book of the world".Marco Antonio Cruz: the construction of a gaze (1976-1986)"written by Alberto del Castillo. Broadcast by Facebook/Institutomora
With his lens, Marco Antonio Cruz was a generous witness of great political, social and cultural changes in Mexico. He was also a sharp caricaturist, always critical of political and economic power. The world not only loses a great photographer, but also a great human being and friend who will be missed.
