Purple Magazine
— The Mexico Issue #36 F/W 2021
manuel álvarez bravo
ART
all photographs copyright archivo manuel álvarez bravo
iconic modern mexican photo-grapher manuel álvarez bravo broke with the stereotypical and picturesque to reinterpret his mexican roots. he documented workers, strikes, muralists, and the progressive spirit of postrevolutionary mexico, touching upon the surreal with a sense of irony and subtle eroticism. in 1938, he met the french surrealist andré breton, who exhibited his work in france. in his final years, he explored the feminine nude. he lived to be 100
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, MECHÓN (LOCK OF HAIR), C. 1930S, GELATIN SILVER PRINT
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, FROM THE SERIES LA BUENA FAMA DURMIENDO (THE GOOD REPUTATION, SLEEPING), 1938, GELATIN SILVER PRINT
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, PANTEÓN, VISITACIÓN (CEMETERY, VISITATION), 1965, GELATIN SILVER PRINT
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, OBRERO EN HUELGA, ASESINADO (STRIKING WORKER, ASSASSINATED), 1934, GELATIN SILVER PRINT
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, TENTACIONES EN CASA DE ANTONIO (TEMPTATIONS AT ANTONIO’S HOUSE), 1970, GELATIN SILVER PRINT
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, FROM THE SERIES SALOMÉ, 1980S, GELATIN SILVER PRINT
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MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, LA BUENA FAMA DURMIENDO (THE GOOD REPUTATION, SLEEPING), 1938, GELATIN SILVER PRINT
