Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero
YA Nonfiction
What it’s about: Haunting. Universal. Mystical. Stark. Cryptic. Monumental. Intimate. Graciela Iturbide’s photographs capture many sides of Mexican life. This graphic novel examines her professional life through the stories around some of her iconic photographs. Some of the startling images include a girl dressed in a white First Communion dress and a skull mask, a self-portrait of Iturbide holding dead birds up to her eyes, a woman wearing iguanas on her head like a gorgon, and shots from Freida Kahlo’s newly reopened bathroom (50 years after her death) showing the harnesses and other equipment she used to deal with her pain.
Why you should read it: The graphic novel gives Iturbide’s reminiscences as well as commentary about her works, accompanied by the photographs as well as drawn interpretations of her work. I did not know Iturbide’s work before, but this book inspired me to seek out her website and find out more.
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