Virginia Harford has had a love of photography for many years and a love of people which is reflected in the photos of her subjects.

Sixteen of the fine art archival photos in this exhibition, Mexico Historical Portrait, were taken 56 years ago in 1967. Virginia was on sabbatical leave from teaching English as a Second Language in California. After a brief course in Spanish, she and her husband traveled to Mexico City.

All the images were taken with a film camera in the early and mid 60's and the negatives processed at labs in Mexico. One with two Japanese Children was taken in 1962. The photos are black and white and processed in sepia.

A California native, Virginia has lived in San Miguel de Allende for 15 years. Her background includes an Associate in Arts Degree in Recreational Leadership and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education from the University of California at Los Angeles. Health and wellness have held a consistent and special interest for her.

Virginia is a certified teacher and practitioner of T'ai Chi Chih, a Chi Kung movement, and has taught T'ai Chi in San Miguel de Allende.

She has two books on Amazon: A Journey to Your Heart and Inner Chi for Energy Rejvenation and Longevity—A T'ai Chi Sourcebook about the importance of Tai Chi Chih which she has taught for over 20 years. She co-edited The Crystal Sourcebook: From Science to Metaphysic in 1987. It contains articles from 26 different crystal experts and has become a classic in its field. It is now out of print.

Technical Data: Mexico Historical Portrait photographs are printed in sepia on Fine Art Epson Smooth Matte 100% cotton fiber archival photo paper, 14" x 11" print with 20" x 16" mat with Ultra Chrome K3 Inks. Signed by Virginia Harford.

PRIZE WINNERS:

Purepecha—Mujer Michocana, was taken in 1963 on Janitzio Island, Patzcuaro. It earned 7th place nationally in the United States by Saturday Review . It was taken with a Minolta SR-1 camera with Kodak Tri-X film.

Japanese Children—Ninos Japoneses was taken in 1962 and received an honorable mention in Saturday Review. It was taken with a Rolleiflex camera with Gevaert film.

Hollywood Park—Caballo de Carreras was taken in 1966. It earned 2nd Place in Hollywood Park, California Photo Contest. It was taken with a Minolta SR-1 camera with Kodak Tri-X film.

The photos were printed by Barry Weiss: www.barryweissphoto.com.

Virginia Harford:
virginiah9@protonmail.com
415-109-9326

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