THE MEXICAN FACES (images)








  • HISTORY

    Cuauhtémoc and Netzahualcóyotl, great aztec monarchs

    José María Morelos and Emiliano Zapata, purest leaders of Mexico's Independency and Revolution



  • MOVIES

    Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" and Germán Valdéz "Tin-Tan", best mexican comedians

    Pedro Infante, most popular and beloved mexican artist

    Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, Javier Solís and Vicente Fernández, four greatest mexican charros

    Soler family, a legendary family of actors

    Gabriel Figueroa, Emmanuel Lubezki and Rodrigo Prieto, cinematographers

    Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Sergio Jiménez, Enrique A´lvarez Félix, Humberto Zurita and Manuel Ojeda, actors

    Ofelia Medina and María Rojo, actresses

    Damián Alcázar, Gael García Bernal, Salma Hayek and Damián Bichir, contemporary actors



  • PAINTING

    Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Rufino Tamayo, top mexican muralists

    José Maria Velasco and Dr. Atl, landscape painters



  • MUSIC (classical)

    Luis Herrera de la Fuente and Enrique Arturo Diemecke, conductors

    Manuel M. Ponce, Silvestre Revueltas, José Pablo Moncayo and Blas Galindo, nationalist composers

    Carlos Prieto and Horacio Franco, cellist and recorder player

    Ramón Vargas and Fernando de la Mora, tenors



  • MUSIC (popular)

    Agustín Lara, Gonzalo Curiel and Armando Manzanero, composers

    Pandora, finest vocal female trio

    Caló, greatest rap quintet of vocalists and dancers

    José-José, Emmanuel and Luis Miguel, great romantic voices



  • SPORTS

    Hugo Sánchez, greatest mexican soccer player

    Ana Guevara, 400-meter champion runner