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Graciela Iturbide : Juchitán de las mujeres, 1979-1989 / fotografía por Graciela Iturbide ; textos/texts Elena Poniatowska, Mario Bellatín

By:

Iturbide, Graciela, (, 1942-)

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oaxaca, Oax., México : Calamus Editorial ; México, D.F. : RM Editorial , 2009.Description: 96 p. : chiefly ill. ; 37 cmISBN:

9788492480531

Other title:

Juchitán de las mujeres : 1979-1989

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DDC classification:

LAS REF 779.092 ITU

Summary: In 1979 Graciela Iturbide took a series of photographs of the Zapoteco culture, published as Juchitán de la mujeres. This is certainly the best known of all her works. It is the result of ten years of work, numerous trips to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and a prolonged experience of living among its inhabitants. None of the subjects of these photographs was capturedcandidly; all were carefully posed. The present edition follows two previous ones. The first was published in 1989 by Francisco Toledo and earned a place as one of the greatphotography books of Mexico. The second, published last year, accompanied an exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. This edition, completely redesigned by OlivierAndreotti and appearing under a joint imprint with the Galerie Toluca in Paris, includes numerous unpublished photographs. The foreword is by Mario Bellatín.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	LAS REF 779.092 ITU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		015172

In 1979 Graciela Iturbide took a series of photographs of the Zapoteco culture, published as Juchitán de la mujeres. This is certainly the best known of all her works. It is the result of ten years of work, numerous trips to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and a prolonged experience of living among its inhabitants. None of the subjects of these photographs was capturedcandidly; all were carefully posed. The present edition follows two previous ones. The first was published in 1989 by Francisco Toledo and earned a place as one of the greatphotography books of Mexico. The second, published last year, accompanied an exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. This edition, completely redesigned by OlivierAndreotti and appearing under a joint imprint with the Galerie Toluca in Paris, includes numerous unpublished photographs. The foreword is by Mario Bellatín.

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