Tony Mendoza (born 1941) is a Cuban-American photographer.

Life

He was born as Antonio Mendoza in

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and moved to Miami with his family in 1960. He graduated from

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with a

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and

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with a Master of Architecture, before becoming a full-time photographic artist in 1973. Married to Maria del Carmen from Esperanza, Cuba, and they have two children Alex and Lydia. Mendoza taught in the photography department at the

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from 1988 until his retirement in 2013.

Work and awards

His most famous book, ''Ernie'', is a photographic memoir centered on a cat he encountered when he moved into an apartment in New York City. Mendoza has received three

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Fellowships, a Guggenheim Photography Fellowship as well as two Creative Writing fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council. His photographs have featured in many major museums.

Bibliography

* ''A Cuban Summer'', 2013, () * ''Ernie : a photographer's memoir'', 1985, () * ''Stories'', 1987, () * ''Dogs : a postcard book'', 1995, () * ''Cuba-- : going back'', 1999, () * ''Ernie : a photographer's memoir-expanded edition'', 2001, () * ''Flowers'', 2007, () *''Tony Mendoza : photographs, words, video'', (written by Mendoza, edited by Louisa Bertch Green), 2003, ()

References

External links

Tony Mendoza's web siteOnline retrospective showA site dedicated to the book "Ernie : a photographer's memoir"
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featured in Nueva Luz photographic journal, volume 1#1 (1984).
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendoza, Tony American photographers American people of Cuban descent Artists from Columbus, Ohio 1941 births Living people Harvard University alumni Yale University alumni Ohio State University faculty