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Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
About Lourdes Grobet
- Lourdes Grobet ArgĂĽelles (born 25 July 1940) is a contemporary Mexican photographer, best known for her photographs of Mexican Lucha libre wrestlers.
- Grobet spent some time as a painter and when she found the medium was not as valuable as photography at the time, she decided to start a new path. Grobet wanted her work to contribute to history, so she started on a path bring about social relevance in her photography.
- Her photography led her to explore the Lucha Libre like she had wanted to as a child.
- She spent a lot of time getting to know the luchadores.
- Grobet has done some theatre and video and has published a few works such as: Lourdes Grobet, an autobiography, and Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling, Lourdes Grobet: Lucha Libre (2005), Espectacular de Lucha Libre (2008), Lucha libre Mexicana (2008).
- Grobet has had quite a lot of exhibitions, and has received many grants and awards for her work.
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