On the centennial of the Surrealist Manifest by French poet André Breton, Galería RGR and the Archivo Manuel Álvarez Bravo –based on an original idea by Elena Navarro– have collaborated in the production of a limited edition of the series La buena fama durmiendo, by Mexican photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo. The series was originally produced in 1939, as part of an invitation from André Breton to Álvarez Bravo to participate in the International Exhibition of Surrealism that took place in Mexico in 1940.

Fifteen numbered portfolios have been edited, each containing six photographs printed in gelatin silver on 24 x 30.5 cm semi-matte baryta Bergger paper, and a booklet with a text by Clémet Chéroux about this edition. The printing was made at Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s original lab by José Ángel Rodríguez —the master’s trusted printer—, thus preserving the care and traditional techniques of the Mexican photographer.