Web Work 6 Graciela Iturbide

Graciela Iturbide • Born in 1942 in Mexico and was the oldest of thirteen children • 1962 Graciela married Manuel Diaz an architect • They had 3 children over 8 Years • There 6 year old daughter died in 1970 • Iturbide turned to photography after her daughters’ death • She studied at two institutions in Mexico • Her teacher was Manuel Bravo a cinematographer and photographer • Her photos are of everyday life and are mostly all black and white • Very into the photographing Mexico’s indigenous culture • Photographed in Mexico City, Juchitan, Oaxaca, and Mexican/American Front • 1979 she was asked by a man to photograph his village • This project was what she made her first collection with “Angel Woman” which was shot in the Sonoran Desert :: The picture above is from this collection • Her first photographing experience influenced Iturbide’s view on life to be strongly feminism • “Our Lady of Iguanas” was shot in Juchitan and Oaxaca which were cities that are powered by woman • “Magnolia” was a picture of a man wearing a dress, many photographers look at it and say that Iturbide also explored the sexuality among Mexicans in her work • 1987 she took pictures for a documentary “A Day in the Life of America” • Her last known work was shot right her in the U. S. in Texas which was an untitled collection • She was the founder of Mexican Council of Photography • Her work has been seen internationally in many museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art • She has also won many awards like the W. Eugene Smith prize for photography in 1987 and Hasselblad Foundation Photography Award to name a couple ________________________________________________________ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/television/retrospectiva-graciela-iturbide-fundacion-mapfre-madrid/526601/ http://relationsmedia.photographie.com/index.php?evtid=118597 I decided to look up an arcitectural photographer because I was inspired by the photographers we covered in class today I found Mark Teskey, who basically photographs staged homes, I still really like his photos they are clean crisp and very angular. http://markteskeyarchitecture.com/about/