Monica Bravo

Adding nuance to the story of the photographer’s brilliant career by detailing his collaborations with some of the biggest names in Mexican art Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002) was a Mexican photographer and one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century Latin American art. This book challenges the persistent myth of Bravo as a singular genius by foregrounding the artist’s connections...

Photographers Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Paul Strand, and Helen Levitt were among the U.S. artists who travelled to Mexico during the interwar period seeking a community more receptive to the radical premises of modern art. Looking closely at the work produced by these four artists in Mexico, Greater American Camera examines the vital role of exchanges between the expatriates and...