PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS
May 15, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Photo of the Exhibition’s Wall. © William Riera
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, Florida
Vocabulary and Visual Grammar: Photography, Language, and Image in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
Since the invention of the Daguerreotype in 1839, photography has been a dynamic, ever-evolving, and often polarizing medium, a theme vividly explored in "Language and Image" at Miami's Pérez Art Museum (PAMM). This exhibition showcases a rich selection from its permanent collection, divided into seven distinct sections that span the diverse landscape of contemporary photographic practices: Photography as Truth Teller, revealing raw realities; Performing for the Camera, capturing staged narratives; The Grid and Serial Images, exploring structured sequences; Character Witness, reflecting social dynamics; Photography as Constructive Medium, reimagining visuals; Framing Architecture, redefining urban spaces; and Landscape and Nature, interpreting the natural world. Featuring over 100 works by 50+ international artists, including Latin American voices like Ana Mendieta and Vik Muniz, the exhibition invites viewers to engage with photography’s transformative power. Read more »
November 23, 2024 - August 10, 2025
Photo 1: Graciela Iturbide (Mexican, 1942-). "La Mujer Angel," 1979, gelatin silver print.
Photo 2: Maya Goded (Mexican, 1967–). "From the series Healing: Body and Land (Sanación: cuerpo y tierra), Los Altos Chiapas," 2019, digital print.
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Women of Land and Smoke: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Maya Goded
Women of Land and Smoke: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Maya Goded (Las Mujeres de Tierra y Humo: Las Fotografías de Graciela Iturbide y Maya Goded), includes over 50 photographs that present an overview of Iturbide and Goded’s careers that span the Americas.
For the past three years, the Mint has been building a significant portfolio of works by Mexico City-based photographers Graciela Iturbide and Maya Goded. Over the decades, the two photographers have created revealing, poignant, and powerful images that examine the intersection of contemporary life and centuries-long practices throughout North and South America.
The artists, who are a generation apart in age, both grew up in Mexico City and have worked in various places throughout the world. Their primary focus, however, has been indigenous communities stretching from Los Angeles to Chile. Over decades of exploring communities, whether urban or isolated, Iturbide and Goded have found women as the consistent force holding these fragmenting societies together. Read more »
September 29, 2024 – August 3, 2025
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography traces the evolution of photography in Cuba from the 1960s to the 2010s.
The exhibition looks at contemporary Cuban photography from its role in promoting the Cuban Revolution after Fidel Castro’s 1959 overthrow of the Batista government to engaging in social and political critique following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. In subsequent years, Cuban photographers created powerful personal expressions by exploring individual identity, the body and spirit, Afro-Cuban heritage, and the margins of society, all while navigating the changing prescriptions and proscriptions of official cultural policy.
Showcasing 100 images, Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography celebrates the Museum's acquisition of some 300 photographs from Chicago-based collectors Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker. Read more »