![]() ![]() The writing is poetic, accented with notes of Mexican Spanish, conveying what she sees: the lives of peoples who don't always fit in - or don't fit how a dominant culture says they should. The book, simply, is beautiful.įollowing Graciela through Mexico, America, and India, the book follows the flow of her life, from a constrained childhood to adulthood, where tragedy propelled her to find her photographic gift as a way of coping and learning to notice the magical moments in life. ![]() The text flows with and complements the art and photographs, lightly balanced and with an easy flow for the eye to follow. The interior art is done in slick, expressive grayscale, with delicate shading that gives more context to the chosen interior photographs. ![]() The book is hardcover and well made, with a solid feel when held without making you wonder if your hand will fall off at the wrist. Isabel Quintero and Zeke Pena's graphic novel Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide is a biography of Graciela Iturbide, an influential Mexican photographer who focused on intimate portraits of Mexico's indigenous peoples. ![]()
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