Biography of graciela iturbide

BIOGRAPHY

Graciela Iturbide married the architect Manuel Rocha Diaz in 1962. She had three children from this marriage. She studied cinema at the CUEC film school in the University of Mexico.

Iturbide's six year old daughter died in 1970; this led her to inner search, which in turn led her to discover her interest in photography.

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Between 1970 and 1971, Iturbide collaborated with famous Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Additionally, she had studied filmography at Mexico's "Centro Unversitario de Estudios Cinematograficos", a division of the UNAM university.

While working with Alvarez Bravo, she also learned photography techniques used by the celebrated photographer.
Along with Alvarez Bravo, Iturbide began to explore Mexico's indigenous areas--Indigenous influence would surface later on in her career as a photographer.

In 1974, she received the Eugene Smith grant for humanitarian photography, and a scholarship at the Guggenheim college.
In 1979, Itu