Álvarez Bravo, Lola, 1907-1993

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1907-04-03
Death 1993-07-31
Birth 1907
Death 1993
Birth 1903
Death 1993
Mexicans
Spanish; Castilian, Spanish; Castilian,

Biographical notes:

Lola Álvarez Bravo (b. April 3, 1903, Lagos de Moreno, Mexico–d. July 31, 1993, Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican photographer. There are questions about her birth date but it was listed as April 3, 1907 on her death certificate (some put it in 1903). She attended Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in 1922 and met Frida Kahlo. She married fellow photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo in 1925 and took up photography when the couple moved to Oaxaca. Her first solo art exhibition in 1944, at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.

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Subjects:

  • Celebrities
  • Portrait photography
  • Women photographers

Occupations:

  • Photographers

Places:

  • 14, MX
  • 09, MX
  • Mexico (as recorded)

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