Manuel Ramírez (photographer)

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Manuel Ramirez was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of businessman Jose Ramirez and Guadalupe Barragan. Ramirez studied at the Winnona School with Don Blair, Dean Collins, Bambi Cantrell, and Frank Chriccio, among others. He has given lectures in Mexico and the United States, and was a photography teacher at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. He also gives an open class to photography students at the fine arts school of the Universidad de Guadalajara and has been a member of the PPA since 1988. Ramirez is best known for his work in advertising and commercial photography, although he exhibits his work in art galeries as well. He collects old cameras and photographs that depict Mexico of the late 1800s and 1900s. He is the only Mexican photographer who is a member of the Royal Photographic Society