Author: ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, MANUEL (1902-2002); BANVILLE, JOHN (CONTRIBUTOR); LEMAGNY, JEAN-CLAUDE (CONTRIBUTOR); FUENTES, CARLOS (CONTRIBUTOR); ALVAREZ URBAJTEL, COLETTE (WRITER OF PREFACE)
Title: Manuel Alvarez Bravo: photopoetry / essays by John Banville, Jean-Claude Lemagny and Carlos Fuentes; preface by Colette Alvarez Urbajtel
Description: London: Thames & Hudson 2008. 1st edition. Fine title-blocked copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 336 pages: illustrations; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; This major retrospective documents and celebrates the work of Manuel Alvarez Bravo. the most significant force in Mexican photography and one of the foremost practitioners of visual arts in the 20th century. Over 360 sumptuous tritone photographs. arranged in broadly chronological order. mark Alvarez Bravos remarkable 80-year career. Strikingly poetic and richly resonant. the collection includes iconic images as well as undiscovered masterpieces. with over a dozen previously unpublished photographs. Complete with a chronology incorporating exhibition history. a bibliography and a preface by Alvarez Bravos widow Colette Alvarez Urbajtel. this is the definitive monograph of a true master of modern photography. Subjects; Álvarez Bravo. Manuel 1902-2002. Photography. Artistic. Photographs: collections ; Individual photographers. PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections. Catalogs. Exhibitions / General. Weight in Kg appr.:

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