Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Two Women, a Large Blind and Shadows, 1977. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 8 x 10 inches, 20 x 25 cm; image: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in (18 x 24 cm.). Edition 86/100. Vintage print printed ...

In Oaxaca, I found a poster advertising an exhibition of the photographs of Manuel Alvarez Bravo at the Escuela de Bellas Artes. The image on the poster was a portrait of a young woman whose face ...

Manuel Alvarez Bravo grew up in the tumultuous second decade ... Sleeping," the 1938 photograph features a nearly naked woman, reclining on a blanket with cactuses around her and bandages wrapped ...

The accompanying book, Manuel Alvarez Bravo: In Focus ... At first blush, “Lucy” (1986) is a simple visual pun. A nude woman, visible only from her shoulders to her crotch, stands holding ...

"Portrait of the Eternal" (1935) features a woman with long, dark hair holding a small mirror ... A self-taught photographer, Manuel Alvarez Bravo purchased his first camera at age twenty while ...

Often cited as Mexico’s most celebrated fine art photographer, Manuel Álvarez Bravo ... to be a part of the Surrealist movement, Alvarez Bravo’s images aren’t exclusively Surrealist ...

In “Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Mexico’s Poet of Light,” Mexican ... “Portrait of the Eternal” is a lovely, shadowy study of a young woman whose face is partly obscured by some sort of ...

Born and raised in Mexico City, Manuel Alvarez Bravo would ultimately become Mexico’s most important art photographer. He connected with several artists — including Edward Weston, Paul Strand ...

Manuel Alvarez Bravo, the “maestro” of Mexican photography ... The image of a nude, bandaged woman lying beside cactus buds was a testament to his surrealist influences. The cactus flowers ...