Graciela Iturbide at Chobi Mela VII

Photo by Graciela Iturbide from her series Naturata
Graciela Iturbide to attend Chobi Mela VII International Festival of Photography

Graciela Iturbide
Graciela Iturbide ? Artist?s Talk
Sunday, 27 January, 7PM
Goethe-Institut
The Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide will give an Artist’s Talk on Sunday, 27 January, at 3PM, at the Alliance Fran?aise de Dhaka. Please do join us! A founding member of the Mexican Council of Photography, Graciela Iturbide has been a prolific photographer since the 1970s, with an array of exhibitions, artist’s residencies, and books on her r?sum?. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is included in many major museum collections including, the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Among the numerous awards she has received for her work are the W. Eugene Smith prize for photography in 1987 and more recently the PHotoEspa?a Baume & Mercier prize in2010. The Hasselbad Foundation, whose prize she received in 2008, called Graciela ?one of the most important and influential Latin American photographers of the past four decades?. She continues to live and work in Mexico. Visit the website of Graciela Iturbide http://gracielaiturbide.org/

Glimpses of What to Expect at Chobi Mela 2013

Posted by Priyanka on Better Photography

One of the most significant events in Asia, Chobi Mela is an international festival of photography and was launched in 2000. Held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the purpose behind the inception of the festival was to showcase the works of Bangladeshi artists alongside the most exciting work from the rest of the world.
The festival was also to be a platform for debate and discussion. And now in its seventh edition, the festival has gone from strength to strength. It has symbolised a struggle against hegemony and oppression.
The theme for Chobi Mela VII is Fragility and it will present the creative works of world renowned as well as hitherto unknown photographers. To be held between 25 January?7 February 2013, the festival promises to be a wonderful melting pot of photographs and opinions. Of course, there is a lot more to look forward to.

The Second Garden by Graciela Iturbide

One of the most influential Latin American photographers, Graciela?s work explores the relationships between man and nature, the individual and the cultural, the real and the psychological.

Naturata-11 — Photo; Graciela Iturbide. Mexico

?What would that second garden have looked like, the first human garden, perhaps a vague and imperfect remembrance of the garden of Eden??
– Fabio Mor?bito (text from Graciela?s series)

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