Graciela Iturbide: Infancia: The Americas Series

Through Iturbide’s sympathetic, documentarian lens, scenes of childhood become a universal allegory for play, imagination, vulnerability and resiliencePublished with Fundación Magdalena.Traveling across the Americas, photographer Graciela Iturbide (born 1942) found the one experience that unites us all: the innocence of youth. Children appear as playful figures, witnesses, angels and dreamers, often surrounded by animals, rituals, shadows and landscapes that evoke a world suspended between reality and reverie. Influenced by her formative years working alongside Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Iturbide’s images transcend documentary photography to become a profoundly humanistic practice, where the act of looking is also an act of encounter.This carefully curated selection of black-and-white photographs reflects Iturbide’s long-standing commitment to photographing communities from a place of respect, intimacy and ethical engagement. Accompanied by an essay by María Wills Londoño, Infancia situates these images within Iturbide’s broader artistic trajectory, addressing themes such as memory, loss, spontaneity and the aesthetics of affection. This volume marks the first entry in the Americas Series, sponsored by Fundación Magdalena, which explores the work of 20 different women photographers across North, South and Central America. Read more