In one intimate photograph, Graciela Iturbide responds—and pays homage—to Frida Kahlo’s cultural legacy, creating an artistic dialogue between the two women.

Graciela Iturbide confronts what she calls “Mexico’s death fantasy” as it appears in the street, at festivals, and in the cemetery.

Photography and its ritualistic qualities—observation, development, and selection—is a form of therapy for Graciela Iturbide. More than simply documenting moments in time, the practice offers her a way to process...

In 1979, with anthropologist Luis Barjau, Graciela Iturbide stayed with the Seri community for more than two months, recording their lives with her camera—particularly their forced adaptation to modern life,...

In 1979, Graciela Iturbide traveled to Juchitán, a small town in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, to photograph the Zapotec indigenous group. She immersed herself in the community during a...

The photographs of Graciela Iturbide feature social, religious, and natural symbols that define Mexican cultural and national identities in all of their complexity.

Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico is the artist’s most extensive U.S. exhibition in more than two decades. The survey is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and comprises 140 poetic...