Graciela Iturbide Mexican, b. 1942
Autorretrato con los Indios Seris Desierto de Sonora, México, 1979
Silver Gelatin Print
20 x 16"
50.8 x 40.6 cm
50.8 x 40.6 cm
At their own request, the Seri women painted Iturbide’s face as they did their own—a sign of her acceptance into the community. Iturbide did not seek to exoticize or mimic...
At their own request, the Seri women painted Iturbide’s face as they did their own—a sign of her acceptance into the community. Iturbide did not seek to exoticize or mimic the practice. This self-portrait marks her own self-interrogation and integration with her role as a photographer in the indigenous community.
"Her eyes reflect a challenge which, we recognise, mirrors the look on the faces of the Series. Her posture and expression might be interpreted as a declaration of the principles outlined above in connection with the Wenders' interpretation of the image: not only does she photograph what captures her attention, but, to some extent, "is" what she photographs." Graciela Iturbide, Eyes to Fly With, Portraits, Self Portraits, and other Photographs, The University of Texas Press, (127)
"Her eyes reflect a challenge which, we recognise, mirrors the look on the faces of the Series. Her posture and expression might be interpreted as a declaration of the principles outlined above in connection with the Wenders' interpretation of the image: not only does she photograph what captures her attention, but, to some extent, "is" what she photographs." Graciela Iturbide, Eyes to Fly With, Portraits, Self Portraits, and other Photographs, The University of Texas Press, (127)
Provenance
Graciela Iturbide's studioExhibitions
2006, Eyes to Fly With, Wittliff Gallery, Alkek Library, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2016, Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX (catalogue)
Literature
Müller, Anna. "The Serious Play of Graciela Iturbide," Aesthetica Magazine, October 23, 2025 (illustrated)Publications
Westerbeck, Colin and Gunilla Knape. Graciela Iturbide: The Hasselblad Award 2008. Göttingen: Steidl/Hasselblad Foundation, 2008, p. 125 (illustrated)
Baranda, María. Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See. San Antonio, TX: Ruiz-Healy Art, 2016, p. 17 (illustrated)
Iturbide, Graciela, Fabienne Bradu and Alejandro Castellanos. Eyes to Fly With: Portraits, Self-portraits, and Other Photographs. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006, p. 127 (illustrated)
Iturbide, Graciela. Graciela Iturbide, Madrid: Fundación Mapfre, 2009, p. 245 (illustrated)
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