Graciela Iturbide グラシエラ・イトゥルビデ

Born in 1942 in Mexico City, Graciela Iturbide studied film at the Centro de Estudios Cinematográficos of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1969, where she was influenced by the acclaimed Mexican photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo.

Graciela is known for her black-and-white images of the local communities in her native Mexico. In 1979 she published Juchitán de las Mujeres, a book of photographs that inspired her lifelong support of feminist causes.

She has photographed in the Sonoran Desert and Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico), as well as in Cuba, Panama, India, Argentina, and the United States. Graciela has received several awards, including the Hasselblad and the William Klein Award, the Gold Medal of Fine Arts in Mexico and the decoration of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

At KYOTOGRAPHIE 2025 Graciela will present her first major show in Japan spanning her life's work.