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Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Mexican Photographer · 1902–2002

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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 prize in a local photographic competition in Oaxaca. He returned to Mexico City, where he had been born, and in 1927 met Tina Modotti, who introduced him to a lively intellectual and cultural environment

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Date
1930–1940
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
Mexican
Department
Photographs
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Object ID
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Standing in the shade of a rural building, Manuel Alvarez Bravo made this photograph of a sun-drenched sapling, newly planted in the dry earth. A carefully crafted trellis of bamboo and twine protects the frail plant, indicating that it is of considerable importance to its owner. By omitting actors from the scene, Alvarez Bravo's image reveals a ground-level universe, rich in devotional meaning.

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