Francisca Rivero-Lake Cortina (born 1973) and Carla Verea Hernández (born 1978) have been working together as photographers since 2005 and live in Mexico City. With their extraordinary and investigative eye, they occupy an important position in contemporary photography. They became known in Europe with their exhibition Paparazza Moderna at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein in 2019. This new edition includes a diptych in the form of two color prints from their latest publication, Modern Barragán (Hatje Cantz, 2025). Each presents a very specific architectural impression from individual perspectives: one photo is a detailed shot from Louis Barragán's Casa-Estudio in Mexico City (1947), while the second shows an unusual view of the Torres de Satélite (Satellite Towers) on Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho from 1957-58. The artists treat the houses as living personalities and offer a playful, sometimes voyeuristic view of the complicated interpersonal relationships of these great architects of the 20th century, describing them as “architectural portraits.” The edition is deliberately open-ended and unnumbered; each print has a stamp on the reverse and both signatures. About the book: Modern Barragán is a personal book that unfolds and recounts multiple encounters the contemporary Mexican artists Lake Verea have had with Luis Barragán's oeuvre since 2006. This book unveils photographic depictions of the architect's work and private spaces as a tribute and a celebration, an anthem of love and admiration. While spending time in his private home, as enthusiastic aficionados enchanted by the elements of his house, the game unfolds. In his home, the artists' quest was to get as close as possible, so close as to caress the walls and floors. The artists measured their own bodies with his, sat in his chairs, opened his closets, listened in silence and kissed in the enchanted garden. The house is portrayed in daylight, under the light of the full moon, by streetlight, in thunderstorms, using flash and by rubbing the walls and floors with aluminum sheets to reveal its history through the textures.
