If my photos have any value, it's because they show a Mexico that no longer exists.

- Lola Alvarez Bravo

If I came out a photographer it's because I knew about painting, composition, and the handling of light.

- Lola Alvarez Bravo

I was the only woman fooling around with a camera in the streets and all the reporters laughed at me. So I became a fighter.

- Lola Alvarez Bravo