Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art

About this Work

Widely considered one of the most influential Mexican photographers of the twentieth century, Graciela Iturbide captures intimate photographs of daily life in her homeland, as well as in places like India, Italy, and Africa. In 2006, Iturbide traveled to Mozambique, where she spent twelve days photographing communities affected by the AIDS crisis. She recorded the interconnectivity of the country’s people, landscapes, and objects (like this fishing line on a baobab tree, the first work by Iturbide in our collection). Although primarily utilitarian, the wrapping may also be a way of connecting to the spirits, according to a contemporary Mozambican photographer.