The Hasselblad Foundation International Award 
in Photography for 2008 has been made to
Graciela Iturbide.

“Graciela Iturbide is considered one of the most important and influential Latin American photographers of the past four decades. Her photography is of the highest visual strength and beauty. Graciela Iturbide has developed a photographic style based on her strong interest in culture, ritual and everyday life in her native Mexico and other countries. Iturbide has extended the concept of documentary photography, to explore the relationships between man and nature, the individual and the cultural, the real and the psychological. She continues to inspire a younger generation of photographers in Latin America and beyond”.


Read more about the 2008 Award
Hasselblad Foundation.

Graciela Iturbide’s punctum books
Dodici giorni
El baño de Frida