Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views features works drawn exclusively from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, with more than 60 photographs created solely by 20th-century Mexican artists.

Works on view include landscapes, portraits, and images of everyday life by such photographers as Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Lola Álvarez Bravo, and Hugo Brehme, among others. The exhibition explores Mexico’s shifting national identity and showcases the various photographic techniques used by 20th-century Mexican artists.

Spanning the 1910s through the 1990s, the photographs featured in Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views include formal portraits of indigenous peoples, pastoral landscapes, and images of rural life, all created by artists who lived or were living in 20th-century Mexico. Among the photographers are those who were émigrés, became citizens, and spent their lives working in the country.

Featured photographers include Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002), considered one of the founders of modern photography and the first internationally celebrated photographer from Mexico; Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903–1993), considered one of Mexico’s most important photographers known for her documentation of the country’s people, cities, and villages; and Hugo Brehme (1882–1954), whose photographs explore locally rooted identity and helped to create a new visual mythology of Mexico.

Caption: Graciela Iturbide, Mujer de cera, México, D.F. 1972, 1972. Gelatin silver print. Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona: Purchase. © Graciela Iturbide.