Graciela Iturbide (Phaidon 55S)

Graciela Iturbide (b.1942) is one of Latin America's foremost photographic artists. Her images are poetic documents that have as their themes rite and ceremony, the interaction of nature and culture, and the tensions between tradition, modernity and identity. She has won, among other major accolades, the W. Eugene Smith Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work.

Other artists in this series include: Eugene Atget, Mathew Brady, Wynn Bullock, Julia Margaret Cameron, Joan Fontcuberta, David Goldblatt, Nan Goldin, Andre Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerowitz, Boris Mikhailov, Lisette Model, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Eadweard Muybridge, Eugene Richards, W. Eugene Smith, Shomei Tomatsu, Joel-Peter Witkin