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martedì 30 luglio 2013

GRACIELA ITURBIDE | PHOTOGRAPHER

Graciela Iturbide married the architect Manuel Rocha Diaz in 1962. She had three children from this marriage. She studied cinema at the CUEC film school in the University of Mexico. Iturbide's six year old daughter died in 1970; this led her to inner search, which in turn led her to discover her interest in photography. Between 1970 and 1971, Iturbide collaborated with famous Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Additionally, she had studied filmography at Mexico's "Centro Unversitario de Estudios Cinematograficos", a division of the UNAM university. While working with Alvarez Bravo, she also learned photography techniques used by the celebrated photographer.
Along with Alvarez Bravo, Iturbide began to explore Mexico's indigenous areas--Indigenous influence would surface later on in her career as a photographer. In 1974, she received the Eugene Smith grant for humanitarian photography, and a scholarship at the Guggenheim college.
In 1979, Iturbide was asked by a man to photograph his village. Interested by the proposal, Iturbide released her first collection, titled "Mujer Angel" ("Angel Woman") and shot at Mexico's portion of the Sonoran desert. Her first experience as a photographer shaped Iturbide's views on life, making her a strong supporter of feminism.
Some of the inspiration for her next work came from her support of feminist causes. Her well known collection, "Señora de Las Iguanas", ("Our Lady of the Iguanas") was shot in Juchitan, Oaxaca, a city where women dominated town life. Her work in Juchitan was not only about women, however: she also shot "Magnolia", a photo of a man wearing a dress and looking at himself on a mirror. It was "Magnolia" that has led many photography experts to say that Iturbide also explored sexuality among Mexicans with her work.
Graciela Iturbide liked Oaxaca, and in 1986, she returned to that area for more photos.
Iturbide also worked in Argentina (during 1996), India (where she shot another well known photo of hers, "Perros Perdidos", or "Lost Dogs"), and the United States, where she did her last known work, an untitled collection of photos shot in Texas. http://gracielaiturbide.org/Biography.html

clip_image002 Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, born 1942), Danza de la Cabrita [Dance of the Little Goat], la Mixteca, Oaxaca
, 1992, Gelatin silver print, 22.9 x 32.4 cm, Courtesy of the artist and RoseGallery, Santa Monica, © Graciela Iturbide, L.2007.78.2


clip_image004 Graciela Iturbide, (Mexican, born 1942),Cholos, Harpys, East L.A., Negative 1986, print 1990, Gelatin silver print, 29.8 x 41.9 cm, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, © Graciela Iturbide, L.2006.50.5.

clip_image006 Graciela Iturbide, (Mexican, born 1942), Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas [Our Lady of the Iguana], Juchitán, Mexico, Negative 1979, print mid-1990s, Gelatin silver print, 53.3 x 43.2 cm, Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, Los Angeles, © Graciela Iturbide, L.2006.50.39.

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Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, born 1942), Rosario and Boo Boo in Their Home, East Los Angeles, Negative 1986, print 2006, Gelatin silver print, 32.7 x 22 cm, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, © Graciela Iturbide, 2007.38.1.

clip_image009 Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, born 1942), Gallos, Juchitan, Oaxaca, (Roosters, Juchigán, Oaxaca, 1985, Gelatin silver print, 30.9 x 20.7 cm, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, © Graciela Iturbide, 2007.11.11.


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Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, born 1942), México D.F., 1969, Gelatin silver print, 15.6 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, © Graciela Iturbide 2007.11.1.

 
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domenica 24 gennaio 2010

GRACIELA ITURBIDE

L'occhio interiore

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Didascalia: Bombay, India, 1999 (Keystone)

Winterthur, Fotomuseum, fino al 7 febbraio

Dentro un corpo esile e discreto, gli occhi scuri di Graciela Iturbide sono come due perle luminose e vive che guardano il mondo con movimenti leggeri, spostandosi su persone e cose con una dolcezza e una disponibilità che incanta.

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Cariche di mistero e di una forza mitica le sue immagini magico-realistiche sono capaci di cogliere sia nel rituale dei gesti quotidiani, che nei paesaggi e negli oggetti la dimensione poetica e simbolica dell’umano.

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Il Fotomuseum di Winterthur propone fino al 7 febbraio il meglio delle immagini che questa artista messicana ha realizzato negli ultimi 40 anni.
La mostra si apre con una delle foto più celebri della serie che l’ha resa famosa alla fine degli anni ‘70, La donna angelo (1979), scattata tra gli indiani zapotechi nel deserto di Sonora. Quest’immagine, dove una donna presa di spalle avanza nel deserto con una radio in mano, non è solo un documento antropologico ma è diventata anche il simbolo della tensione tra due culture.

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Nella stessa sala sono esposte le foto che raccontano l’esperienza della Iturbide con le donne di Juchitán tra il 1979 e il 1986. Forti, autonome e politicizzate le donne di questa cittadina dell’Oaxaca, acquistano grazie all’obiettivo di Graciela un carattere mitico.

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Come nel caso della Signora degli iguana (1979), il cui gesto consueto di portare sul capo i prodotti da vendere al mercato, si traduce in una statuaria Gorgone.

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L’esposizione prosegue con la sezione «altri confini» che raccoglie le fotografie scattate da Graziela in Argentina, India,

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Stati Uniti e Italia, e termina con diverse fotografie dedicate al

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bagno di Frida - il bagno di Casa Azul, l’abitazione privata dell’artista messicana rimasto chiuso per più di 50 anni. La messa in scena dell’universo del dolore di Frida Khalo serve, come sottolinea la fotografa, a dare ancora più luce all’intima passione che la mitizzata pittrice aveva per la vita.

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