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Manuel Alvarez Bravo, born on February 4, 1902, and died on October 19, 2002, was a prominent Mexican artist. His works spanned various mediums including photography, painting, and sculpture, and he is known for his unique visual style and profound insights into social reality.

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“Shoot what you see, not what you think.”

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“I think that light and shadow have exactly the same duality that exists between life and death.”

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“I think that a visual artist's philosophy develops much more freely than a writer's or a thinker's philosophy. It is not so disciplined. The photographer works with both his eyes and his mind.”

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“One could think of a person who seems to have two opposing and contradictory sides to his personality; but it turns out that in the end the two sides are complementary. The same happens with an artist's work: deep down, what appear as contradictory sides are merely different registers, different aspects of the reality that the artist inhabits”

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About the Author

Born: February 4, 1902
Died: October 19, 2002
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 10

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