1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1902–2002 · MEXICO
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
- Born
- 1902
- Died
- 2002
- Country
- Mexico
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1934Striking Worker, Assassinated
- 1938La buena fama durmiendo
WHY THEY MATTER
Most important figure of twentieth-century Latin American photography; retrospectives at the Palacio de Bellas Artes (1968) and the J. Paul Getty Museum (2001); exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (1971); Hasselblad Award (1984).
THE LIFE
Alvarez Bravo was a self-taught Mexican photographer who worked in Mexico City for most of his long life. His pictures mix everyday Mexican scenes with dreamlike, surreal touches, and Andre Breton admired them. He also worked in cinema and taught many younger photographers. He received the Hasselblad Award in 1984.
Also born in 1900–1929
1902–1984 · United States · Photographer
Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1903–1993 · Mexico · Photographer
Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
1903–1975 · United States · Photographer
Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
1904–1983 · United Kingdom · Photographer
Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia
1904–1999 · Argentina · Photographer
Grete Stern
Surreal photomontages and modernist portraits.
Los Sueños (for Idilio), 1948Source: Wikipedia