Juan Guzmán (photographer)

Juan Guzmán (born Hans Gutmann,[1] also known as "Juanito";[2] 28 October 1911 – 6 November 1982[2]) was a German-born Mexican photojournalist.

His most famous image is the picture of 17-year-old Marina Ginestà standing in top of Hotel Colón in Barcelona.

[5] He worked for major Mexican magazines and newspapers and became a friend of Frida Kahlo with whom Guzmán shared similar political views.

[3] Guzmán also photographed the artwork of Mexican painters like Gerardo Murillo, Jesús Reyes Ferreira and José Clemente Orozco.

The rest he left to his wife Teresa Miranda as an inheritance, and she sold the archive to the Televisa Foundation in 2006.