Graciela Iturbide: The Hasselblad Award 2008

http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/2008-graciela-iturbide/The2008HasselbladFoundationInternationalAwardhasbeenawardedtoMexicanphotographerGracielaIturbide.BorninMexicoCityin1942,IturbideisafoundingmemberoftheMexicanCouncilofPhotography,andherworkhasbeenexhibitedinternationallyandisincludedinmanymajormuseumcollectionsincludingthoseofTheMetropolitanMuseumofArtandTheMuseumofModernArt,NewYork,theLosAngelesCountyMuseumofArtandTheJ.PaulGettyMuseum.Inawardingherthe2008Hasselbladaward,theFoundationsaid:GracielaIturbideisconsideredoneofthemostimportantandinfluentialLatinAmericanphotographersofthepastfourdecades.Herphotographyisofthehighestvisualstrengthandbeauty.GracielaIturbidehasdevelopedaphotographicstylebasedonherstronginterestinculture,ritualandeverydaylifeinhernativeMexicoandothercountries.Iturbidehasextendedtheconceptofdocumentaryphotography,toexploretherelationshipsbetweenmanandnature,theindividualandthecultural,therealandthepsychological.ShecontinuestoinspireayoungergenerationofphotographersinLatinAmericaandbeyond.""