Cementerio, Juchitán, México (Cemetery, Juchitán, Mexico)
1988, printed 1990
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.5 × 15.24 cm (8 7/8 × 6 in.) sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Kyle Roberts)
Accession Number
2015.19.4668.10
Art Historical Context
Graciela Iturbide, one of Mexico's most celebrated photographers, captured *Cementerio, Juchitán, México* in 1988 during her immersive explorations of Oaxaca's indigenous communities. Juchitán, home to the vibrant Isthmus Zapotec people, served as a key subject in her oeuvre, where she blended documentary realism with poetic surrealism. This gelatin silver print, made in 1990, her signature style: intimate, evocative images that honor cultural rituals and daily life amid Mexico's rich ethnographic tapestry. The medium of gelatin silver—prized for its luminous tonal range and sharp detail—lend...
About the Artist
Graciela Iturbide
Graciela Iturbide, born on May 16, 1942, in Mexico City, emerged as one of the most influential photographers of Latin America. The eldest of thirteen children in a traditional Catholic family, she received her first camera at age eleven, fostering an early fascination with images as vessels of memory. Married to architect Manuel Rocha Díaz in 1962, she raised three children, including composer an...