Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002)

Zine
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002)
$ 25.00
Published by New York Life Gallery, 2026.

On the occasion of Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002) at New York Life Gallery, June 5 - July 24, 2026.

Edition of 300
72 pages
9.5 x 7 in (24.1 x 17.8 cm)

Design: Caroline Kelley

Translation: Dulce Contreras

 

© 2026 New York Life Gallery

Photographs © Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Text © Michael Famighetti and © Johann Mergenthaler

 

Published in conjunction with Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002) at New York Life Gallery, curated by Johann Mergenthaler in collaboration with the Estate of Manuel Álvarez Bravo and the Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo, the zine features 37 photographs, several of which have never before been published or exhibited. Texts by Michael Famighetti and Johann Mergenthaler delve into the photographer’s prolific career spanning the 20th century and reaffirm Álvarez Bravo's work as remarkably contemporary. 
 

The work of Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002, Mexico City, MX) has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, beginning with Galería Posada, Mexico City, MX (1932), following his inclusion in the First Salón Mexicano de la Fotografía (1928). His career went on to include over 150 solo exhibitions and participation in more than 200 group exhibitions. Notable presentations include exhibitions at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, MX (including a 1935 exhibition alongside Henri Cartier-Bresson with catalogue texts by Langston Hughes and Luis Cardoza y Aragón, and a retrospective in 1968); the Pasadena Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (1971); the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1978); the National Library of Spain, Madrid, ES (1985); and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2001). His work was included in André Breton’s surrealist exhibition at Galería Inés Amor (1940), Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art (1940) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, and Edward Steichen’s The Family of Man (1955), which traveled internationally.