Mantanza, La Mixteca, México (Slaughter, La Mixteca, Mexico)
1992, printed 2012
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 31.43 × 45.72 cm (12 3/8 × 18 in.) sheet: 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Accession Number
2024.104.105.21
Art Historical Context
**Mantanza, La Mixteca, México (Slaughter La Mixteca,)** *Graciela Iturb, 1992 (printed 2012)*Graciela Iturbide, a pioneering Mexican photographer born in 1942, is celebrated for her intimate portrayals of indigenous cultures and the surreal undercurrents of everyday life in Mexico. Captured in 1992 in La Mixteca—a rich region spanning Oaxaca, Puebla, and Guerrero—this gelatin silver print evokes the raw rhythms of rural existence. The title "Matanza" (slaughter) hints at a visceral scene from Mixtec communal life, where such events blend necessity, tradition, and stark reality, reflecting I...
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...