MPC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Surrealism, Social Documentary Photography, Social Inequality
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Pp: manuel alvarez bravo, la buena fama durmiendo, 1938-9. His photos have a surreal aspect, though he was never an official member of surrealists, he had contact with them. He also knew rivera, khalo, modotti, and weston. Though he insisted surrealism had minimal effect on him. Instead, he was basing his work more on the traditions of mexico. He used motifs and themes from mexican culture. His work often suggests dreams or fantasies. He frequently photographed inanimate objects in ways that gave them humanistic qualities. His work was often political, referencing the turmoil of the mexican. One of his most famous photographs, obrero en huelgo, asesinado. Ppt: paul strand, woman of alvarado (susana ortiz cobos), Paul strand, also spent time working in mexico. Also made films, a film in mexico: Film about him - behind the dark cloth", is worth seeing.
