Representative work by Manuel Álvarez Bravo
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Manuel Álvarez Bravo

1902–2002 · Mexican

Manuel Álvarez Bravo developed one of the most influential photographic practices in Latin America, combining street observation, vernacular objects, political history and poetic ambiguity. His images often hover between document and dream without abandoning the specificity of place.

Photography

Major Works

  • The Good Reputation Sleeping
  • Striking Worker, Assassinated
  • Optical Parable
  • The Daughter of the Dancers
  • Fireworkers
  • The Crouched Ones
  • Boxes
  • The Visit
  • Portrait of the Eternal
  • The Threshold

Interviews & Writing

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