Graciela Iturbide: Juchitan de Las Mujeres 1979-1989

Mexico-based Graciela Iturbide, a 2008 Hasselblad Award winner, is among Latin America's most influential photographers. Juchitan de Las Mujeres revisits her 1989 masterpiece, spanning ten years of travel along the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Oaxaca, where she lived among the pre-Columbian Zapotec culture of the remote region. With updated design and excellent production quality, this volume, which includes many previously unpublished photographs, serves as a visual record of the daily life of an ancient culture in transition. It features portraits of the people and offers glimpses into the Zapotecs' attitudes toward sexuality, ritual, death, and the role of women. Showcasing some of the finest examples of Iturbide's recurring themes—the clash between urban and rural life, and the contrast between ancient and modern life—it also includes a foreword by celebrated Mexican novelist Mario Bellatín.