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El pajaro canta aunque la rama cruja
Creator
Manuel Álvarez BravoMexican Photographer · 1902–2002
All works by this person →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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- 1960
- Medium
- Platinum print
- Culture
- Mexican
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 649dc6a3-d95e-485b-bf09-d6a7529c552f
Cracked and peeling paint on a wall reveal the outline of a bird sitting on a branch. The edge of a wooden door frame is visible on the left.
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