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The Good Reputation Sleeping (1939) 
This photograph merges elements of sexuality, the unconscious, danger, and healing. Like many of Alvarez Bravo's photographs, its meaning is open-ended. Do the thorns symbolize protection of the dreamer or are they the source of her "injuries"?

The Good Reputation Sleeping (1939)

This photograph merges elements of sexuality, the unconscious, danger, and healing. Like many of Alvarez Bravo's photographs, its meaning is open-ended. Do the thorns symbolize protection of the dreamer or are they the source of her "injuries"?

Source article: The photography of Manual Alvarez Bravo (1902 - 2002)
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