Graciela Iturbide was born in Mexico in 1942, where, after completing her film studies, she followed the teachings of Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Between 1970 and 1971, she accompanied him on various trips across Mexico. Thereafter, she continued traveling on her own, visiting Cuba, Panama, and other Latin American countries. In 1978, she worked with the ethnographic archive of Mexico’s National Institute of Indigenous Peoples for whom she documented the life of the Seri community. 

Since then, Graciela Iturbide has pursued her photographic approach in India, Europe, and, of course, Mexico. Her work can be seen in collections around the world (MoMA, J. Paul Getty Museum, Centre Pompidou) and has received numerous distinctions, notably the W. Eugene Smith Grant and the Guggenheim Fellowship.