Mexico
2005 · Gelatin silver print
9 1/4 × 9 1/4" (23.5 × 23.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Graciela Iturbide
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Graciela Iturbide is a Mexican photographer known for black-and-white imagery that documents indigenous communities, urban landscapes, and quotidian rituals across Mexico and beyond. Working primarily in film since the 1970s, her compositions balance formal precision with an attentiveness to gesture, shadow, and the texture of daily life. Her photographs have been acquired by major institutions and circulated widely, establishing her as a foundational figure in Latin American photography of the postwar era.
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Museum of Modern Art
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