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| | Manuel Alvarez Bravo |  | Author: Susan Kismaric
Creator: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
Buy Used: $44.00
You Save: $16.00 (27%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3188401
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 10 x 1
ISBN: 0810961717
EAN: 9780810961715
ASIN: 0810961717
Publication Date: March 1997
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Product Description
Manuel Alvarez Bravo is one of the foremost figures of modern photography and the only photographer among the great Mexican artists of the 20th century. Bravo has produced work of exceptional quality throughout his long career: formal experiments of the 1920s were followed by modernists works inspired by such international trends as Surrealism, and the early 30s saw him develop a gifted personal style that suggested specific Mexican customs and rituals. The majority of this volume's 175 tritone plates were made from rare vintage prints assembled from private collections or furnished by the artist; many have never before been published and some have not been seen or exhibited since the 1930s. This volume was published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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 Haven't received the book yet February 6, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This order was placed on the 6th of January; As of 6th Feb the book hasn't reached me yet. Could be the international shipping. I will post my review once I get it.
 A beautifully printed small selection of Bravo's work. June 13, 1998
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
This small book contains wonderfully printed samples of a great photographer's work. Any selection not done by the artist reflects a certain bias, but this collection has a very neutral one, and the book flows quite nicely. Coleman's essay at the beginning has been printed numerous times and reflects a cultural bias that glorifies Bravo as a "Mexican" photographer rather than as one without the qualifier.
Very complete but poorly printed Bravo collection. June 13, 1998
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
The most complete collection of this wonderful photographer's work available, this book has unfortunately been printed so poorly that the qualities of most of the photographs is lost. The photos look muddy and suffer from low contrast. The essay, however, is excellent, and worth reading for an introduction to Bravo's life and work. The Aperture books of Bravo's work, while offering far fewer photographs, have much better reproduction.
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