Art Review ​​A show at the Getty demonstrates the way modernist approaches to photography shifted the visual culture of Mexico in the 20th century.

October 27, 2026 — 4 min read

Graciela Iturbide, Untitled (2007), dye imbibition print (© Graciela Iturbide; courtesy the J. Paul Getty Museum; all other photos Armando Pulido/ Hyperallergic )

LOS ANGELES — In “Tríptico de los martirios” (1950), the late photographer Lola Álvarez Bravo patiently renders her subject anonymous, capturing a tree’s shadow crawling toward her subject’s bare chest with exquisite timing. In Graciela Iturbide’s “Mujer ángel” (1979), meanwhile, a woman with a veil, long white skirt, and portable stereo traverses a field of flowers to encounter a spotty desert.…