Graciela Iturbide

Graciela Iturbide (Mexico, 1942) works in the field of documentary and black-and-white photography, focusing on portraying the culture and daily life of her country.

Her work addresses themes such as death, identity, memory, religious devotion, the connection to nature, and the culture of Mexico’s indigenous communities. Among her works are "Mujer Ángel" (Angel Woman), which shows a woman from the Seri community in Sonora with a wooden angel on her head, and 2Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas" (Our Lady of the Iguanas), which portrays a woman with iguanas on her body during a religious procession in Oaxaca. Likewise, in the series "Juchitán de las Mujeres", she documents the Zapotec women of the Juchitán region, their role in society, and their relationship with tradition and folklore.

Her awards and honors include First Prize at the First INBA Photography Biennial (1980), the W. Eugene Smith Prize (1987), the Guggenheim Fellowship (1988), the Grand Prize at Mois de la Photo in Paris (1988), the Hasselblad Foundation Award (2008), the National Arts Award in Mexico (2009), and the Lucie Award (2010). His work is included in institutional collections such as those of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the MAPFRE Foundation.