Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Masters of Photography (Aperture Masters of Photography) (Hardcover)

by A. D. Coleman (Author), Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Photographer)

Editorial Reviews

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"The photography of Manuel Alvarez Bravo is Mexican by cause, form, and content, anguish is omnipresent and the atmosphere is supersaturated with irony."--Diego Rivera

"Alvarez Bravo's photographs are enigmas in black-and-white, silent yet eloquent: without saying it, they allude to other realities, and without showing them, they evoke other images."--Octavio Paz
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"The photography of Manuel Alvarez Bravo is Mexican by cause, form, and content, anguish is omnipresent and the atmosphere is supersaturated with irony."--Diego Rivera

"Alvarez Bravo's photographs are enigmas in black-and-white, silent yet eloquent: without saying it, they allude to other realities, and without showing them, they evoke other images."--Octavio Paz

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 94 pages
• Publisher: Aperture (June 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0893817422
• ISBN-13: 978-0893817428
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #923,793 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very complete but poorly printed Bravo collection., June 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Hardcover)

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.

10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully printed small selection of Bravo's work., June 13, 1998

By A Customer

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.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Haven't received the book yet, February 6, 2007

By	Heewon Seo "daemon" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.