| Mexicans of French Descent: Edgar de Evia Contributor(s): Books, LLC (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1156680425 ISBN-13: 9781156680421 Publisher: Books LLC OUR PRICE: $31.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 182 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 181. Not illustrated. Chapters: Edgar de Evia. Excerpt: Edgar Domingo Evia y Joutard, known professionally as Edgar de Evia (July 30, 1910 February 10, 2003), was a Mexican-born American photographer. In a career that spanned the 1940s through the 1990s, his photography appeared in magazines and newspapers such as Town & Country, House & Garden, Look and The New York Times Magazine and advertising campaigns for Borden Ice Cream, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Jell-O among other corporations. De Evia was born in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. His mother was Pauline Joutard (1890-1957), a French-born pianist who performed under the stage name Miirrha Alhambra. His father was Domingo Fernando Evia y Barbachano (1883-1977), a wealthy landowner who was a member of two families that have been prominent in the politics and culture of Yucatan since the mid 19th century, one of which, the Barbachanos, has been described as "one of the most powerful of Yucatan's oligarchy." His great-grandfather Don Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo (18061859) was a five-time governor of Yucatan and the patriarch of a clan that was instrumental in developing the Mexican resorts of Cozumel and Playas de Rosarito in Baja California Norte and in popularizing the ruins of Chichen Itza as a tourist attraction. Among his cousins was Manuel Barbachano Ponce, the Mexican film producer and director. On 30 June 1912, at the age of two, Evia arrived with his family in New York City aboard the liner "Progreso." He graduated from The Dalton School in 1931. Based on immigration and other official records, it appears that Evia altered his surname to de Evia sometime after 1942, at which time he was using the professional name Edgar D. Evia. Edgar de Evia, circa 1930.Edgar served as the research assistant to Dr. Guy Beckley Stearns, a homeopathic physician with whom he wrote an... |
