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Manuel Álvarez Bravo

1902 - 2002

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Manuel Álvarez Bravo (February 4, 1902 – October 19, 2002) was a Mexican artistic photographer and one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin American photography. He was born and raised in Mexico City. While he took art classes at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, his photography is self-taught. His career spanned from the late 1920s to the 1990s with its artistic peak between the 1920s and 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Álvarez Bravo is the 82nd most popular photographer (down from 74th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 172nd in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Manuel Álvarez Bravo ranks 82 out of 148. Before him are William P. Gottlieb, Lennart Nilsson, Berry Berenson, Ansel Adams, Abbas, and Heinrich Zille. After him are Boris Mikhailov, Willy Puchner, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Kishin Shinoyama, Helen Levitt, and Alexandre Michon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Manuel Álvarez Bravo ranks 198. Before him are Ida Siekmann, Veniamin Kaverin, Ansel Adams, Lon L. Fuller, Max Abegglen, and Yakov Smushkevich. After him are Albert Namatjira, Dulce María Loynaz, Pierre Brunet, Paavo Yrjölä, Carlos Spadaro, and Saverio Ragno. Among people deceased in 2002, Manuel Álvarez Bravo ranks 179. Before him are Tinus Osendarp, R. M. Hare, Sanya Dharmasakti, Frances Ames, Eugene Odum, and George Sidney. After him are Alexandru Todea, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Arno Peters, Aileen Riggin, Ibn al-Khattab, and Tore Svensson.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Manuel Álvarez Bravo ranks 192 out of 729. Before him are Eugenio Derbez (1961), José María Bocanegra (1787), Miguel Pro (1891), Julio César Chávez (1962), Juan de Oñate (1550), and Lupita Tovar (1910). After him are Tomás Balcázar (1931), Alfonso Reyes (1889), Ignacio López Tarso (1925), Rosie Reyes (1939), Arturo Ripstein (1943), and Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Mexico

Among photographers born in Mexico, Manuel Álvarez Bravo ranks 1. After him are Graciela Iturbide (1942), and Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903).

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