Images of the Spirit

by Graciela Iturbide (Photographer)

IMAGES OF THE SPIRIT, GRACIELA ITURBIDE.

Genres: Photography, Art, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published November 29, 1996

About the author

Graciela Iturbide is a Mexican photographer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is included in many major museum collections such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The J. Paul Getty Museum.

Reviews

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently read a graphic biography Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña, which led me to look at a couple volumes of her collected photographs. This, Images of the Spirit, is an amazing one. Iturbide in this collection reveals her passions about the various cultures of her native Mexico. This is the first major publication of her work, which was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1996. The work feels lyrical, magical, focused on the range of people she meets in a rural campesino in Puebla to families in East Los Angeles, though she would prefer the descriptor poetic to magical.

Here’s a range of them, but I would order the book (as I have done) or at least test-drive it from the library:

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[Emmkay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collection of photographs based on a Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit of the work of Graciela Iturbide. Black and white, striking images of life in Mexico - sometimes other Latin American countries, some in East Los Angeles. Strong women, interesting interplay with the land and with animals, iconography of Catholicism and indigenous traditions. I liked it a lot.

[Roniq · Rating 4 out of 5]

I saw her speak at Seattle Art Museum where she patiently signed books. This one is a beautiful photographic trip through her native Mexico. Beautiful images.

[Rob GQ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75

[Deb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing Mexican photographer