Ya Mero (Almost)
1968, printed 1977
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.73 × 23.81 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Raymond W. Merritt)
Accession Number
2016.22.55
Art Historical Context
Manuel Álvarez Bravo's *Ya Mero (Almost, a gelatin silver print made from a 1968 and printed in 197, captures the essence of-20th-century Mexican. Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002), often hailed as the father of modern photography in Mexico, created this intimate 7⅜ × 9⅜-inch image during a pivotal era following the country's post-Revolutionary cultural renaissance. The title, a colloquial Mexican expression meaning "almost there" or "just about," at everyday life's poised anticipation, a recurring theme in his work. Renowned for blending documentary realism with Surrealist poetry, Álvarez Bravo elev...
About the Artist
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902–2002) was one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century and the undisputed master of Mexican modernist photography. Born in Mexico City into a family with artistic connections, he was largely self-taught as a photographer, beginning to work seriously with the camera in the 1920s. His development was shaped by encounters with figures at the center of Mexico's...