Like Álvarez Bravo, Cartier-Bresson worked in gelatin silver print photography capturing poetic and decisive moments with masterful control of light and shadow. Both photographers share a deeply humanist and figurative documentary approach rooted in modernist black and white imagery.

Iturbide shares Álvarez Bravo's Mexican heritage and commitment to monochrome gelatin silver photography that blends documentary observation with poetic and artistic sensibility. Her figurative work similarly elevates everyday moments into contemplative and visually lyrical compositions.

Modotti worked closely within the same Mexican modernist photographic tradition as Álvarez Bravo, producing gelatin silver prints that combine documentary realism with strong artistic and figurative composition. Her monochrome imagery shares the same poetic quality and expressive use of light found in these selected prints.