In 1996, as a result of Jorge Carretero’s individual effort to consolidate a private collection of antique Mexican photography, a photography Archive is constituted. This preservation and recovery effort was then significantly and gradually expanded , giving rise in 2001 to the charter of a Photographic Library, with its own Facilities and Exhibition Gallery – The Fototeca Antica.

In total, our 17 Exhibits have been presented in 25 different Museums and cultural spaces, and were visited, by almost 300,000 people. Furthermore, over 300 original photographs of our Funds have participated in 15 other important collective Photographic exhibits. And 575 images of our repository have been published in 77 Books, Magazines and Audiovisuals.