Noted photographer and former New Canaanaite Pedro Guerrero, who credited architectural titan Frank Lloyd Wright for helping him get his career started, died on Sept. 13 in his Florence, AZ home at the age of 95, according to the New York Times.
During an interview with the Times in April, Guerrero said that, in 1939, his father urged him to visit Wright's home, which was near their home in Mesa, AZ. Although he had not finished school, Guerrero impressed the architect with his ability to capture the architect's work on film, he recalled during a visit to The Glass House last August.
So began a 20 year collaboration, which led to a career that included photographing the work of sculptor Alexander Calder, artist Louise Nevelson and numerous assignments for House & Garden, Vogue, Bazaar, House Beautiful and other well-known magazines.
The photographer moved to New Canaan with his family in 1951, where they lived for the rest of the 20th century. During that time he photographed the work of the mid-century modernist architects, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"may-is-for-moderns"} --> who made New Canaan their home and canvas, complementing the landscape they found here with their
