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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Förderturm Zeche, Waltrop, Germany by Bernd & Hilla Becher, Image 2.

    Bernd & Hilla Becher

    Förderturm Zeche, Waltrop, Germany, 1982, printed 2009

    Digital pigment print

    12.5 x 49.25 in (31.75 x 125.1 cm)

  2. Marilyn Bridges

    Chrysler Building, NYC, from the Heightened Perspectives series, 1988

    Gelatin silver print

    19.5 x 16 in (49.53 x 40.64 cm)

  3. Methodist Church in Snow, Walnut Section/Madison County, North Carolina by Tim Barnwell, Image 1.

    Tim Barnwell

    Methodist Church in Snow, Walnut Section/Madison County, North Carolina, 1983

    Gelatin silver print

    9.875 x 12.75 in (25.08 x 32.39 cm)

  4. Marilyn Bridges

    Castillo from Perpendicular, Yucatan, from the Heightened Perspectives series, 1982

    Gelatin silver print

    15.75 x 19.75 in (40.01 x 50.17 cm)

  5. Le Sevil by George Ball, Image 1.

    George Ball

    Le Sevil, 1979

    Engraving on paper

    23.125 x 15.375 in (58.74 x 39.05 cm)

  6. Windfall, Two Views by George Bireline, Image 1.

    George Bireline

    Windfall, Two Views, 1978

    Screenprint on paper

    22.75 x 29 in (57.79 x 73.66 cm)

  7. Hercules Sets Up The Columns of Gades by Hans Sebald Beham, Image 2.

    Hans Sebald Beham

    Hercules Sets Up The Columns of Gades, 1545

    Engraving on paper

    1.75 x 3 in (4.45 x 7.62 cm)

  8. Untitled, from RISD Portfolio by Gary Bogus, Image 1.

    Gary Bogus

    Untitled, from RISD Portfolio, 1974/75

    Gelatin silver print mounted to drawing board

    4.125 x 6 in (10.48 x 15.24 cm)

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About the artist

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Mexican

1902-2002

A self-taught photographer born in Mexico City, Manuel Alvarez Bravo is considered one of the founders of modern photography and the main representative of Latin American photography in the 20th century. His interest in photography started from very early on in his life as both his father and grandfather were involved with the medium. His first success was a first prize award in a local photographic competition in Oaxaca in 1925. He worked with some of the greatest artists of his time including the muralists Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. His interest in documentary photography started around 1930s as Tina Modotti left him her position in the magazine Mexican Folkways where he worked for a while afterwards. During the late 1930s, he taught photography at the San Carlos Academy where he had studied painting earlier on in his life. From 1943 till 1959, he also worked in the film industry doing still shots and started experimenting with the cinema techniques. During his lifetime, he participated in over 200 collective exhibitions and had over 150 individual exhibitions. He was a groundbreaking artist in his medium and his works have inspired many others in the field of photography. He passed away at the age of hundred.