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5 unusual facts about Graciela Iturbide


Forrest Gander

A writer in multiple genres, Gander is noted for his collaborations with photographers such as Sally Mann and Graciela Iturbide and with the dancers Eiko & Koma.

Graciela Iturbide

She has worked in Argentina (during 1996), India (where she shot another well known photo of hers, "Perros Perdidos", or "Lost Dogs"), and the United States, where she did her last known work, an untitled collection of photos shot in Texas.

Her well known collection, "Señora de Las Iguanas", ("Our Lady of the Iguanas") was also shot in Juchitán de Zaragoza.

In 1979, Iturbide was asked by painter Francisco Toledo to photograph his village, Juchitán de Zaragoza, where the women were economically, politically, and sexually independent.

The image of "Mujer Ángel" was used by the politically charged metal group Rage Against The Machine for their single "Vietnow" in 1997.



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