Mexican Portraits

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Framed portrait: This photograph shows a framed portrait of a woman wearing a lace gown (María Félix, 1945)

Comical: A comedic performer wears combs on his face to give the look of bushy eyebrows and mustache (Melquiades Herrera, 1984)

Special moment: A couple have their photograph taken in front of a mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Nacho López, 1950)

Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, looks sternly at the camera with her arms crossed (Guillermo Kahlo, October 16, 1932)