Centro Fotografico Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photography Center), Oaxaca

Centro Fotografico Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photography Center), Oaxaca

The Centro Fotografico Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photography Center) is a photographic exhibition centre in the city of Oaxaca.

The centre is named after the Mexican photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002). It is located in the Graphic Arts Institute of Oaxaca.

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 Academy of San Carlos, his photography is self-taught. His career spanned from the late 1920s to the 1990s with its artistic peak between the 1920s and 1950s. His hallmark as a photographer was to capture images of the ordinary but in ironic or Surrealistic ways.

His early work was based on European influences, but he was soon influenced by the Mexican muralism movement and the general cultural and political push at the time to redefine Mexican identity. He rejected the picturesque, employing elements to avoid stereotyping. He had numerous exhibitions of his work, worked in the Mexican cinema and established Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana publishing house. He won numerous awards for his work, mostly after 1970. His work was recognized by the UNESCO Memory of the World registry in 2017.
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Sight Name: Centro Fotografico Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photography Center)
Sight Location: Oaxaca, Mexico (See walking tours in Oaxaca)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery

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