Hector Oaxaca Acosta
Hector Oaxaca Acosta (March 13, 1926 – June 10, 2013), nicknamed "Chinito," was a Mexican news photographer and photojournalist. Based in Ciudad Juárez, Oaxaca's career spanned more than 67 years.[1] He provided news photographs for a variety of Mexican and American publications and wire services, including El Fronterizo, El Mexicano, the Associated Press, and El Paso y Más, a Spanish-language paper published by the El Paso Times.[1]
Oaxaca was born in Chihuahua to parents, David Oaxaca and María Acosta, on March 13, 1926.[2] He was a cousin of actor Anthony Quinn.[1]
Alejandro Cruz Rivera, the President of the Mexican Federation of Sports Journalists, noted that Oaxaca had "won just about every award a photographer in Mexico can win."[1] In early June 2013, just one week before his death, the Las Misiones shopping center in Juárez opened a public exhibition of his work, entitled "Retrospective Photographs of Don Hector Oaxaca," which was curated by the Juárez Association of Journalists.[1]
Hector Oaxaca Acosta died of an illness at his home on June 10, 2013, at the age of 87.[1][2] He was survived by his wife, Garciela Echavarri, and two sons, Hector Oaxaca Echavarri and Francisco Javier Oaxaca Echavarri.[1] He was a close friend of the former Mayor of El Paso, Carlos Ramirez.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Washington Valdez, Diana (June 12, 2013). "Renowned photographer Hector Oaxaca Acosta dies in Juárez at 87 years old". El Paso Times. Retrieved July 5, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "A los 87 años, fallece el fotoperiodista Héctor Oaxaca". El Diario de Juárez. June 10, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
