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 and ...

“Hay tiempo.” These words were casually hand-printed in his darkroom, on a small sign next to his enlarger. “There is time.” For Manuel Alvarez Bravo, there was always time. What other medium is more ...

In an enigmatic 1924 street scene by photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo, two men have their backs turned to the camera. One man looms over the other, who is hunched in a chair, his head bent low. The ...

The Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo recorded images of his country from the 1920's through the 1990's. A retrospective of his work is on display in Los Angeles. Manuel Alvarez Bravo grew up ...

One of the founders of modern photography, Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002) is Mexico’s most accomplished and renowned photographer. His images are masterpieces of post-revolutionary Mexico, composed ...

The Daughter of the Dancers (La hija de los danzantes), 1933 is one of Manuel Alvarez Bravo's most iconic images. Bravo purchased his first camera at age twenty and his earliest success at photography ...

A self-taught photographer, Manuel Alvarez Bravo purchased his first camera at age twenty while working at a government job. His earliest success at photography came around 1925, when he won first ...

"The photography of Manuel Alvarez Bravo is Mexican by cause, form, and content, anguish is omnipresent and the atmosphere is supersaturated with irony."--Diego Rivera "Alvarez Bravo's photographs are ...

Manuel Alvarez Bravo, the “maestro” of Mexican photography whose images captured the complexity and beauty of the country’s indigenous roots and its Spanish heritage, its harsh natural beauty and its ...