Jaime Bravo son, named Aleco Jaime Bravo. By the late 1960s, Bravo was a renowned bullfighter, known still for his charisma and good looks. He began looking to the film world for a career that might suit him once he retired from the bulls. There were a variety of production companies keen to give him a chance in film. His profile remained such that he could still draw crowds from within the Mexican interior and the USA, especially with a large following in border towns such as Tijuana, Nogales, Juarez and Matamoros, and states such as California, Arizona, and Texas. On February
Manuel Álvarez Bravo of twelve when his father died. He worked as a clerk at a French textile factory for a time, and later at the Mexican Treasury Department. He studied accounting at night for a while but then switched to classes in art at the Academy of San Carlos. Alvarez Bravo met Hugo Brehme in 1923 and bought his first camera in 1924. He began experimenting with it, with some advice from Brehme and subscriptions to photography magazines. In 1927, he met photographer Tina Modotti. Álvarez Bravo had admired Modotti's work in magazines such as Forma and Mexican Folkways even before they