Graciela Iturbide
Twelve Days
During the winter of 2006 Graciela Iturbide spent twelve days in Mozambique documenting the battles of the local women against AIDS and for the rebirth of their country, and the new generation of young people and children.
The Mexican photographer met both normal and extraordinary people; she saw a country that reminded in many ways her of her native Mexico; she felt unease and peace; and she fell in love with that country and its people fighting for their future. This, and much more besides, is revealed by “Dodici Giorni”, a book published with the support of the Community of Sant'Egidio, which has laid the bases in Mozambique for the DREAM-Sant’Egidio project, the global programme for the treatment of AIDS.
Graciela started working as the assistant of Manuel Alvarez Bravo at the age of 26 in her native Mexico City. Her first solo exhibition, dedicated to the Zapotec people, and particularly the women, was followed by a series of shows, held at venues ranging from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to the Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen in Rome during the first FotoGrafia Festival, which consecrated her as the quintessential visual narrator of the cultural identity of the Mexican people.
Deeply inspired by the work of Koudelka, Cartier-Bresson and Salgado, Graciela Iturbide has recently turned her attention to other cultures, as in this latest photo report on Mozambique. Her awards include first prize at the National Fine Arts Institute’s Photography Biennale for her portfolio entitled “El Empleo o su carencia”, the W. Eugene Smith Award and first prize at the fifth Mois de la Photographie in Paris.
Graciela Iturbide - 2008 Hasselblad Award Winner
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