Alvarez, Lola - Lola Alvarez Bravo

"Lola Álvarez Bravo is Mexico's first female photographer and her career is exceptional because of the importance and quality of her work. more personal and creative of the people and places of her native Mexico. This first book in English, dedicated to Lola Álvarez Bravo, contains unpublished photographs and some of her little-known photomontages. "Very nice set in two eras - 1930s and 1940-1980s - chosen by Elizabeth FERRER: 101 full-page black and white photographs. Among the portraits are those of her great friend Frida Kahlo, of her husband, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, of Diego Rivera, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Carlos Fuentes, of the beautiful Marion Greewood. Very moving scenes from the religious life of the Mexican people. Portrait of the Artist by Lourdes ALMEIDA (1982) -Lola Alvarez Bravo -The Third Eye by Elizabeth BRAVO Legends Chronology (1903-1993) Bibliography Index Foreword by Douglas R. NICKEL Grey cardboard illustrated cover (Frida Kahlo, c. 1944)