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Hugo Brehme was born in Germny (1882). In Mexico he is often referred to as Hugo Brehme Casasola. We do not know anything about his early life. He began his photographic career in Germny. He and his arrived in Mexico with his photographic equipment. He planned only a temporary stay, but spent the rest of his life there. World War I may have been a factor (1914-18). Brehme is regarded as one of the most important eraly Mexican photograohetrs. His potarit of Revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata in Cuernavaca is seen as his masterwork. Brehme opened a photographic studio in Mexico City -- Fotografía Artística Hugo Brehme. It was operating (1912). We are not sure just when it was opened. Germans played a role in the early photogrphic history of many countries in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He was one of the most prestious photographers in Mexico City. He worked for 40 years. Since the studio was functioning at least since 1912, he was an important photographer of the Revolution (1910-20). Brehme did not confine his work to the studio, but began working outside taking large numbers of ethnographic and landscape photographs. Here we have a market scene (figure 1). Another photograph shows Mexican boys at a graveyard, perhaps associated with the Día del Muertos. This began mostly after the Revolution. He reportedly traveled with bulky equipment into remote, including mountainous regions. His work is an important addition to the Mexican photographic record. There are imgaes of rural life, scenic landscapes, railways, monuments and Aztec and other Meso-American archeological sites. His work was used in tourist guides and travel magazines (including National Geographic) as tourism began to develop after the Revolution. Many of his photograohs were used for postcards which became a tourist mainstay. He mentored Manuel Alvarez Bravo. one of Medico's most important photogrphers.
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