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Hugo Brehme (German, 1882 - 1954) Pico de Orizaba, Mexico, ca. 1920's sepia-toned gelatin silver inscribed verso: Hugo Breheme / mexico D.F / "Pico de Orizaba" / signed and Titled / in pencil on / original mount Hugo Brehme was a German-born photographer that worked in Mexico for nearly 40 years. He is considered one of the founders of Mexican Pictorialist and Modernist photography and went on to influence many photographers, including the well-known Modernist Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo. After the Mexican Revolution, Brehme turned to pictorialism, making impressionistic views of the Mexican landscape and inhabitants. These photographs, taken as he wandered with cumbersome equipment through remote, often mountainous regions, were highly acclaimed when published in his collection México Pintoresco (1923). He photographed traditional rural Mexico, scenic landscapes, railways, modern monuments and archeological sites, many of which were used for tourist guides and magazines, and he produced a large number of photos postcards which were very popular amongst collectors at that time which was a similar type of hobby to modern day stamp collecting. Brehme continued to publish photographs in magazines such as National Geographic and Mapa, and in various books about Mexican culture and geography. He became a Mexican citizen shortly before his death in 1954.