Lola Alvarez Bravo
"Photography aficionados will... appreciate Lola Alvarez Bravo, by Elizabeth Ferrer, on the Mexican lenswoman known for her atmospheric street scenes and naturalistic portraiture--think Frida Kahlo with her beloved Xoloitzcuintle pups." --Vogue"Throughout the book, her atmospheric black and white photographs of the people, places and things in her native Mexico reveal Alvarez Bravo's painterly emphasis on composition and light, her strong interest in art and her creative motivation to capture human expression." --HotShoe International"Her portraits of artists and writers in Elizabeth Ferrer's Lola Alvarez Bravo are intimate and modest, and her street pictures capture the spirit of her country." -- Philip Gefter --The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review"...she played a central role in the lively art scene and produced work of enormous beauty and elegance: formal portraits of her illustrious friends and images that range from indigenous Indians celebrating rituals and festivals to a masked participant in a pro-gay rally in the early 1980s." --O: The Oprah Magazine O: The Oprah Magazine"...her images of artists, writers and thinkers of the day prove her to be an inventive and insightful portraitist, especially in her portraits of Frida Kahlo, with whom she retained a lifelong friendship. Lola's restless eye also captured the life of the Mexican people in street scenes--in lyrical as well as socially poignant images." --B&W; (Black & White Magazine)B&W; (Black & White Magazine)