Graciela Iturbide studied film at the Centro de Estudios Cinematográficos de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (abbreviated as UNAM in Spanish), where she was influenced by acclaimed Mexican photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo. She is known for her black-and-white images of the local people of Mexico, as can be seen in her photography book Juchitán de las Mujeres (1979), which inspired her lifelong support of feminist causes. Throughout her career, she has photographed in the Sonoran Desert and Juchitán de Zaragoza, as well as in Cuba, Panama, India, Argentina, and the United States. Currently, she is one of the most internationally recognized Mexican photographers. Among the awards she has received are the prestigious W. Eugene Smith Award; the International Grand Prize in Hokkaido, Japan; the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes de México; the Hasselblad Prize, considered the “Nobel Prize” of photography; and recently, The William Klein Photography Award.
Colección FEMSA has an image bank of the works that comprise it—a resource intended for researchers, publishers, and art institutions. The Collection is open to lending requests for shows in Mexico and other countries.
If you need a high-resolution image or would like to request a work on-loan, please send an email to coleccionfemsa@difusion.femsa.com