Whether staring out from the canvas amidst primates and surreallandscapes or sitting atop the body of a stag, Frida Kahlo’s cool,thick-browed countenance is one of the most recognizable faces of 20th-century art. Kahlo used her self-portraits to unabashedly depict heremotional and physical struggles (her turbulent marriage to muralistDiego Rivera was a constant source of turmoil, as was the pain of theinjuries she sustained in a car crash at age 17). As she put it: “Itook my tears and turned them into paintings.” Although revered forthese vivid and richly colored works, Kahlo was also a great admirer ofphotography, coming into contact with the discipline at an early agevia her father, Guillermo, an architectural photographer. Later in lifeher circle of friends included such icons of the medium as Man Ray andBrassai, who donated prints to her collection. In 1958 Kahlo’s house inMexico City, Casa Azul, was turned into a museum by Rivera, whocarefully catalogued all of Kahlo’s paintings. Inexplicably, heoverlooked the 6,000 or so photographs she had secreted around theplace, and they were subsequently sent to a storeroom along with manyof her furnishings. Now unearthed, these images—some takenby friends and family, a special few by the artist herself—are collatedin Frida Kahlo: Her Photos (RM Publishing), a selection of which weunveil here.