
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Mexican Photographer · 1902–2002
185 works on LinkedCulture
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
Works
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Acto Primero
Getty Museum · 1975
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A Giving Hand
Getty Museum · negative 1940; print 1980s
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![[Alacena para El Guacamole]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F4e33cac6-2e0c-4624-98ae-f3ca0e0df742%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Alacena para El Guacamole]
Getty Museum · 1980s
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![[Angel del Temblor I]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5e1f4b2f-9de4-4075-8d03-691e79526816%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Angel del Temblor I]
Getty Museum · negative 1957; print 1970s
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Antiguo Osario, Rouen (Ancient Ossuary, Rouen)
Getty Museum · 1960
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[Arbol]
Getty Museum · about 1995
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Arena y pinitos
Getty Museum · about 1927–1930
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Autoretrato
Getty Museum · negative 1995; print 1997
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Autoretrato en el retrovisor
Getty Museum · negative 1996; print 1998
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![Burial in Metepec/[Entierramiento en Metepec]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F33c0f5e4-1db1-4132-b975-218197e53349%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Burial in Metepec/[Entierramiento en Metepec]
Getty Museum · 1932
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![[Burro Grazing]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F1205f4ac-63ae-4a41-a774-b67b9992a659%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Burro Grazing]
Getty Museum · 1930s
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Caballito de Quito (Horse, Quito)
Getty Museum · 1984
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Caja de Visiones (Box of Visions)
Getty Museum · negative about 1934; print about 1990
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![[Caminata Multiple, Variation #1 (Multiple Movement)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F6eaa7060-8af3-4f96-8190-d6ddd7169cb7%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Caminata Multiple, Variation #1 (Multiple Movement)]
Getty Museum · 1976
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Casa deshabitada, Tlalpan
Getty Museum · 1940
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[Chapil de Leña]
Getty Museum · negative 1927; print later, about 1999
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![[Chiapas Martyr]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F0c4354e7-9d62-41c9-b448-a14b0cec710f%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Chiapas Martyr]
Getty Museum · 1980s
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Chiapas Martyr
Getty Museum · negative 1970s; print 1992
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![Classic Theme/[Tema Clásico]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb5488b4b-c127-4785-af98-96692ce386c8%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Classic Theme/[Tema Clásico]
Getty Museum · 1942–1946
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![[Coatlicue]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fd5cc795d-8920-46bd-bb44-62ac19f92635%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Coatlicue]
Getty Museum · 1987
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![Colchon [negativo]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F3d9b461c-c401-4285-8b9b-1c74869293e8%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Colchon [negativo]
Getty Museum · negative 1927; print 1995
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[Con Mecates]
Getty Museum · negative 1940s; print 1980s
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[Cristo]
Getty Museum · negative 1932–1933; print about 1980
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![Cross of Chalma/[Cruce de Chalma]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fcc3322f2-2634-49f1-9692-a3a413067573%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Cross of Chalma/[Cruce de Chalma]
Getty Museum · 1942
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Cuatro arbolitos y adobes
Getty Museum · 1930
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Daughter of the Dancers / Muchachita!
Getty Museum · 1933
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![Day Dreaming/[El Ensueño]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F5e608f10-f85e-4493-9495-1dbfd7450fc4%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Day Dreaming/[El Ensueño]
Getty Museum · negative 1931; print 1974
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Diego Rivera Painting a Mural
Getty Museum · 1951
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![[El Indigena de la Columna]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ff19f329d-ae78-4ca4-a69b-c36628097be3%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[El Indigena de la Columna]
Getty Museum · negative 1940s; print 1980s
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El pajaro canta aunque la rama cruja
Getty Museum · 1960
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![[El tabaco]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ffafba848-ed95-4367-baa6-94ce4bb7a07d%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[El tabaco]
Getty Museum · negative 1932; print about 1980
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![[El Trapo Negro]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fc48fadd9-5f12-4be4-9661-cb2b18595dc6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[El Trapo Negro]
Getty Museum · 1986
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![[El Umbral]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fae7b327d-53e9-4d56-8627-84e8d82a5bf4%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[El Umbral]
Getty Museum · negative 1947; print later, probably 1970s
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![[El Umbral]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fc44956b7-df28-47a6-9a6f-b7adc68c654a%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[El Umbral]
Getty Museum · negative 1947; print late 1970s
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Empieza la primavera
Getty Museum · 1960
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End of Market Day
Getty Museum · about 1932
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![[Ensayo Para La Camara Bien Afocada]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F921d65be-704b-4e47-8c7c-b4142f987ec6%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Ensayo Para La Camara Bien Afocada]
Getty Museum · 1943
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En su lugar
Getty Museum · 1969
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![[En Una Ventana (Con Retrato de Barbara)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F55a1d2f6-fe8b-478e-9f98-ae64fecd2c8f%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[En Una Ventana (Con Retrato de Barbara)]
Getty Museum · 1980s
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![[En un pequeño en espacio: la colcha]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb1371d7d-27b3-4235-a648-b116c406ade5%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[En un pequeño en espacio: la colcha]
Getty Museum · 1995
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![[En un pequeno espacio numero 1]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F7ca09354-49dc-4e26-b7d7-7b405fcbc2cf%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[En un pequeno espacio numero 1]
Getty Museum · 1995
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![[En un pueblo (In a Village)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fe392422b-064f-4496-bb57-e71c979d2fe8%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[En un pueblo (In a Village)]
Getty Museum · 1942–1945
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Estudio de manos de Tamayo, Mexico (Study of Tamayo's Hands)
Getty Museum · negative 1931; print 1998
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Even When They Have Indian Figs
Getty Museum · 1965
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![Fable of the Dog and the Cloud/[Fábula del Perro y de la Nube]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F43959571-9db5-425a-8e2c-d40ee5713d60%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Fable of the Dog and the Cloud/[Fábula del Perro y de la Nube]
Getty Museum · 1930–1940
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[Figure of Christ]
Getty Museum · 1930s
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First Solitude
Getty Museum · 1965
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![For the Sheep's Wool/[Por La Lana y Por Borrego]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb75a1501-e783-428e-aecf-deb3919185b1%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
For the Sheep's Wool/[Por La Lana y Por Borrego]
Getty Museum · 1932
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Francisco Toledo
Getty Museum · 1960
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![[Frida Kahlo at the Sociedad de Arte Moderno, Mexico]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F097507dc-de5b-4af7-ba26-ae5a25c6949a%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Frida Kahlo at the Sociedad de Arte Moderno, Mexico]
Getty Museum · 1944
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Frida Kahlo en el Museo de Arte Moderno
Getty Museum · 1944
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![[Head of a Saint, Chiapas]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fffdadaf8-9ba7-41ea-a41e-807cd0ce2a45%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Head of a Saint, Chiapas]
Getty Museum · 1980s
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Instrumental
Getty Museum · 1931
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Instrumental
Getty Museum · 1931
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Invented Landscape
Getty Museum · negative 1972; print 1974
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Jícamas
Getty Museum · 1929
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Juego de Papel
Getty Museum · 1926–1927
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![Juego de papel [ovalos], Variation #3](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fd61a1ec9-4bad-43b2-b7b4-5012e4bd7848%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Juego de papel [ovalos], Variation #3
Getty Museum · 1926–1927
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[Juego de Pelota]
Getty Museum · negative 1930s; print later
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![Kiln/[La Quema]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fb4dbb1a5-4ea2-4c58-8514-6e7e0a37038f%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Kiln/[La Quema]
Getty Museum · negative 1957; print 1974
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