Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Photopoetry Tapa dura - 2008

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 336 pages. Manuel Alvarez Bravo was one of the foremost practitioners of visual arts in the twentieth century. Manuel Alvarez Bravo, the first major retrospective of his eighty-year career, showcases hundreds of iconic photographs and unveils more than twenty previously unpublished images. Featuring landscapes, still lifes, rural and urban scenes, religious and vernacular subjects, as well as portraits of luminaries such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Carlos Fuentes, and Octavio Paz, the work is chronologically arranged and richly varied. Three illuminating essays reveal the poetry of Bravo's photographsfrom his use of light and form to his fascination with dreams and his preoccupation with death. This definitive monograph is a powerful tribute to Mexico's most distinguished photographer. Record # 361967

Chronicle Books, 2008. Hard cover. Very good/Fair. First edition. Jacket is mildly soiled and worn along edges, but book itself is in very good condition. Top edge of spine is bumped, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked. As is.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 336 pages, 4to. Minor shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers. DJ in mylar. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine-minus condition..

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 336 pges. Terrific monograph that includes over 370 tritone images that looks at Bravo's 80 year career. Features a preface by Colette Alvarez Urbajtel and with essays by John Banville, Jean-Claude Lemagny, and Carlos Fuentes. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and still in the original shrinkwrap. A brand new copy.

Chronicle Books, 2008. Hard cover. Near fine/Fine. First edition. Excellent condition. No visable flaws apart from very small dent on top edge of back cover. Jacket is protected by mylar cover. Binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

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