Women of Land and Smoke: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Maya Goded

November 23, 2024 - August 10, 2025

Mint Museum Randolph

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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.

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Introduction by Jen Sudul Edwards, PhD

Curator Talk

Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art Jen Sudul Edwards, PhD, introduces the poignant and powerful photography exhibition Women of Land and Smoke: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide and Maya Goded, discussing themes throughout the exhibition, followed by a Q-and-A session.

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Las Mujeres de Tierra y Humo fotógrafas latinas llevan sus obras a Charlotte

Las fotógrafas de origen mexicano, Graciela Iturbide y Maya Goded, llegan a Charlotte con su nuevo proyecto Las mujeres de tierra y humo. En sus fotografías, una colección de más de 50 imágenes, las artistas presentan décadas de investigación sobre la relación entre los seres humanos y la naturaleza, las tradiciones ancestrales y las influencias externas, la destrucción y la sanación, así como las mujeres que se ocupan de negociar entre estas tensiones.

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Media Sponsors

Individual support is kindly provided by Allen Blevins and Armando Aispuro, and Betsy Rosen and Liam Stokes. The Mint Museum is supported, in part, by the City of Charlotte and the North Carolina Arts Council. 

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