In her long artistic career, Iturbide documented scenes of everyday life in Mexico with a "profound, respectful and evocative gaze.” (Mario Jasso/Cuartoscuro)
Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide, renowned for her haunting black-and-white images that bridge documentary realism and poetic symbolism, has been awarded the 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts. The prestigious honor recognizes her five-decade career capturing Mexico’s cultural essence and global human experiences through a lens that jurors called “a profound, respectful and evocative gaze.”
