Kahlo, Guillermo

He was born in the German town of Pforzheim in 1872. He arrived in Mexico in 1880. He began his first job as a professional photographer by documenting the construction of Casa Boker in 1898 while collaborating in El Mundo Ilustrado in the section "Mexico Moderno." After opening his studio in downtown Mexico City, he compiled the album "Mexico 1904." In 1908, he was commissioned by José Yves Limantour, Minister of Finance, to carry out the photographic record of federal-owned temples and national monuments. By 1910, for the Centennial Celebrations, he took photographs of public buildings in Mexico City. His photographs of churches were published in 1914 in the book "La Arquitectura en México: Iglesias" (Architecture in Mexico: Churches). Some years later, he abandoned photography practice completely and devoted himself entirely to painting. Guillermo Kahlo died in 1941. Although the vast majority of his photographs were destroyed, some images of the Post Office Building have recently surfaced, housed in the INAH Fototeca in Pachuca.