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Graciela Iturbide, Mujer ángel, Desierto de Sonora, México, 1979, 2015

Graciela Iturbide Mexican, b. 1942

Mujer ángel, Desierto de Sonora, México, 1979, 2015
Gelatin Silver Print
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm
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'Mujer ángel Desierto de Sonora, México' balances tradition and technology. A woman in a traditional Seri dress descends into the empty desert plain, holding a boom box - a nod...
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"Mujer ángel Desierto de Sonora, México" balances tradition and technology. A woman in a traditional Seri dress descends into the empty desert plain, holding a boom box - a nod to the influence of material culture on Indigenous culture, as well as the permeation of technology on a macrocosmic scale in the United States. The title suggests simply that the subject is a celestial being; because her feet are not visible to the viewer, it appears she is levitating above the ground. Her ethereal silhouette, with arms outstretched, reinforces the impression and suggests she is an angel, bearing a piece of technology that seems altogether out of place by visual contrast.

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Exhibitions

20 Years: Ruiz-Healy Art, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2026-7
2025-6 Graciela Iturbide: Serious Play, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY; curator: Carlos Gollonet. Traveling to the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA (catalogue)

2006, Eyes to Fly With, Wittliff Gallery, Alkek Library, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

2006, Images of the Spirit, Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY; curator: Michael E. Hoffman (catalogue)

2018, Graciela Iturbide: Cuando Habla La Luz, Palacio de Iturbide, Ciudad de México; curator: Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera (catalogue)

2016, Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX (catalogue)

Literature

White, Katie. “Legendary Mexican Photographer Graciela Iturbide on Risking It All For Life Behind the Camera.” Artnet News, January 27, 2026 (illustrated)
Jiménez-Stuard, Natalia. “An acclaimed photographer’s black-and-white dreamscapes, in 3 New York shows.” The Washington Post, January 9, 2026 (illustrated)
Kelly, P. Brian. “Graciela Iturbide: Serious Play’ Review: A Photographer’s Haunting Views of Mexico.” Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2025 (illustrated)

Publications

Baranda, María. Graciela Iturbide: A Lens to See. San Antonio, TX: Ruiz-Healy Art, 2016, p. 14 (illustrated)

Westerbeck, Colin and Gunilla Knape. Graciela Iturbide: The Hasselblad Award 2008. Göttingen: Steidl/Hasselblad Foundation, 2008, p. 14-15 (illustrated)

Iturbide, Graciela. Graciela Iturbide: Cuando Habla La Luz. Mexico City: Editorial RM, 2017, p. 28-29 (illustrated)

Iturbide, Graciela, Alfredo López Austin and Roberto Tejada. Images of the Spirit, New York: Aperture, 1996, p. 54-55 (illustrated)

Iturbide, Graciela. Graciela Iturbide, Madrid: Fundación Mapfre, 2009, p.246-247 (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. 128-129 (illustrated)

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