Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942, Mexico City) is one of the most influential figures in contemporary photography, known for her poetic and deeply human exploration of culture, identity, and everyday life. She studied under the renowned photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo, whose mentorship shaped her distinctive visual language.

Iturbide’s work captures the symbolic and the intimate, often focusing on communities, rituals, and landscapes across Mexico and beyond. Between 1980 and 2000, she developed important photographic series during travels through East Germany, India, Madagascar, Hungary, Paris, and the United States, creating a body of work that bridges documentary and artistic expression.

Her photographs have been exhibited internationally at major institutions including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Getty Museum. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Foundation Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, recognizing her lasting contribution to contemporary photography.