© Graciela Iturbide, 2022

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Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas, Juchitán, México
Our Lady of the Iguanas, Juchitan, Mexico
Graciela Iturbide
Medium
Gelatin silver print on baryta paper
Dimensions
Printed area size: 43,6 × 36,5 cm
Paper size: 50,5 × 40,5 cm
Inventory
FM000632
Date
1979
1979
Author
Born: Ciudad de México, 1942
Photography
Series:
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Nuestra Señora de las iguanas, Juchitán, México © Graciela Iturbide, 2020 © Fundación MAPFRE COLLECTIONS

© Graciela Iturbide, 2022

Descripción

In 1979 Graciela Iturbide began a series that would bring her international acclaim, Women of Juchitan. In the process of producing the series, Iturbide lived with the community for several years. This photograph, one of the artist’s most renowned works, portrays Sobeida Díaz, a Mesoamerican medusa of sorts that goes to the market every day to sell her iguanas. The market is managed by women; the men are denied entry.

The project arose on Francisco Toledo’s invitation to produce an exhibition at the Casa de la Cultura in Juchitán, a population located on the isthmus of Tehuantepec, in Oaxaca, the center of Zapotec culture and a symbol of the struggles of Indigenous communities.

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Nuestra Señora de las iguanas, Juchitán, México © Graciela Iturbide, 2020 © Fundación MAPFRE COLLECTIONS

© Graciela Iturbide, 2022

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