LolaAlvarezBravo

Lola Alvarez Bravo, born Dolores Martinez de Anda was born in 1907 in Mexico.Alvarez died in 1997. She grew up in Mexico City, adn lived there for the duration of her life, after some traveling. Her husband is credited with first introducing Lola to the world of photography. He taught her how to take photos, develop film and other necessities. Lola started out assisting her husband, but she wanted a career of her own. Therefore, in 1936 she received her first job, which was to take photographs of the colonial choir stalls of a former church.

Inspired by Edward Weston and Tina Modotti, Lola Alvarez Bravo documented images that would represent everyday life in Mexico. Throughout her photographic career, inspired the themes of realism, an appreciation of the human anatomy, and strong lines and light contrast into the realm of photography. Some common themes that inspire her work include strong use of lines, rural traditions, dramatic light contrast, the human body, strong use of perspective, the surrealist movement, and the strategy of shooting her subjects while they were unaware, giving her photographs a sense of reality. Also, she focused on taking photographs to depict famous, important people such as Frida Kahlo. As one of Mexico’s first female photographers, Lola inspired many to become photographers and photographed many important figures of the art world. "O Descansado" "Frida Kahlo" Both Photographs from: http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/33742 [|Resource]

Other Resources: http://www.noorderlicht.com/eng/fest02/mundos3/bravo/index.html http://www.nmwa.org/Collection/Profile.asp?LinkID=103 http://www.artmuseum.gov.mo/shows/mexico_photo/english/bio1_e.htm