Na' Lupe Pan, Juchitán, México
1986, printed 2012
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 45.72 × 30.48 cm (18 × 12 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
2024.104.105.32
Art Historical Context
Graciela Iturbide *Na' Lupe Pan, Juchitán,* (1986, printed 2012) captures the spirit of Zapotec life in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a region renowned for its matriarchal and empowered women. Iturbide, a pioneering Mexican photographer, immersed herself in Juchitán during the1970s and 1980s, creating intimate portraits that celebrate indigenous identity, ritual, and everyday resilience. This gelatin silver print, now in the National Gallery of Art's collection through a generous gift from Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, reflects her deep collaboration with local communities, blending do...
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...