manuel alvarez bravo 1902 – 2002 (100 years old!)
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BIO Continued………… Photographed his Mexican culture and the growing Mexican Revolution Considered a surrealist (art that depicts dreams and/or fantasies)TRANSCRIPT
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo
1902 – 2002(100 years old!)
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Biography• Álvarez Bravo was born in Mexico City on February
4,1902• Came from a family of artists• Met several prominent artists who encouraged his work
as a young boy including Tina Modotti and Diego Rivera• Studied Painting and Music at Academia Nacional de
Bellas Artes in 1918 • Received his first camera at the age of 23• Alvarez became a professional photographer at the age
of 25. He was self taught
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BIO Continued…………
• Photographed his Mexican culture and the growing Mexican Revolution
• Considered a surrealist (art that depicts dreams and/or fantasies)
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An example of one of his surrealist images
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Alvarez frequently photographed
inanimate objects in ways that gave them humanistic qualities.
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Alvarez Bravo’s work
was often political but did not let it overwhelm
the personal aspects of his work.
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Used a vintage Graflex camera, even though the new Leica 35mm
was readily available.
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With a career that spanned nearly eighty years, Manuel Alvarez Bravo has long been recognized as one of
the foremost figures in the history of photography.
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His work has been included
in countless exhibitions, including a
collection of 187 photos displayed at
the Museum of Modern Art in New
York.
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Before the MOMA
exhibit, many of the works included in it
were not seen since their
original exhibit in the 1930’s.
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