A review by schnoebs13
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide by Isabel Quintero

3.0

Idk the best way to describe this so I’m going to shy away from my regular review format. A line from this book I believe describes it best: changing obsessions make for good poems, and Graciela’s work has been one long poem; each shift a line break, a new stanza, a turn. The way this memoir is set up seems very much like reading a poem from her life’s perspective which after reading it seems to fit very well with who she is as an artist. Personally, that format does not work well for me to get the most out of a book. I loved the art style the illustrator chose and the incorporations of Iturbide’s photographs into the work really provided a great personal touch to her medium. I honestly would have preferred a bit more of a simple “this is what happened in her life” than the amount of metaphors we received but at the same time, I would never want to tell this woman to change the way she thinks her life story is best portrayed. Though I enjoyed the beauty of the book, I think I comprehended the most about who she was from the 2-3 page biography at the end of the book. Still happy I read it though and learned a bit more about Mexico and their key iconic figures.