In the midst of social change and political turbulence around the world in the 1960s and 1970s, artists brought their cameras onto the streets, finding photography to be an immediate and accessible means of responding to their surroundings. The four artists featured here all used handheld, portable cameras to capture the everyday theater of distinct environments: Graciela Iturbide’s photographs depict the vitality of Mexico’s cities as well as the indigenous cultures of the Sonoran Desert—and the exchange between them. Daido Moriyama’s images of urban Japan feature soldiers, avant-garde performers, and anonymous passersby. Miguel Rio Branco turned his camera toward the sidewalks and subways of downtown New York, where he briefly lived before returning to Brazil. And Garry Winogrand, though often associated with his native New York, here captured the showmanship and pageantry of another unmistakably American locale, Texas. These pictures reflect the personal perspectives of their makers as well as the dynamic social shifts playing out around them. As Rio Branco later noted, “My subject was my life around me.”
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Four Photographers, Four Places
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Graciela Iturbide Ciudad de México (Mexico City) 1969
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Graciela Iturbide Carro (Car) 1972
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Graciela Iturbide ¡México . . . quiero conocerte! Chiapas (Mexico . . . I Want to Get to Know You! Chiapas) 1975
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Graciela Iturbide Volatin, San Martin de Ticajete, Oaxaca, Mexico (Merry-Go-Round, Saint Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca) 1976
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Graciela Iturbide Mercado de Sonora (Sonora Market) 1978
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Graciela Iturbide Mujer ángel, Desierto de Sonora (Angel Woman, Sonoran Desert) 1979
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Graciela Iturbide Autorretrato como Seri, Desierto de Sonora (Self-Portrait as Seri, Sonoran Desert) 1979
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Graciela Iturbide Peregrinación, Chalma (Procession, Chalma) 1984
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Graciela Iturbide Iguanas, Juchitán 1984
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Daido Moriyama Housewife, Saitama 1966
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Daido Moriyama Gambling in the Dressing Room, Tokyo 1966
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Daido Moriyama Entertainer on Stage, Shimizu 1967
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Daido Moriyama Underground Actress, Tokyo 1967
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Daido Moriyama Majorette, Tokyo 1967
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Daido Moriyama Soldiers, Hamamatsu 1968
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Daido Moriyama Tires, Yokkaichi 1968
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Daido Moriyama Homecoming, Tachikawa 1969
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Daido Moriyama Man and Woman, Yokohama 1969
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Daido Moriyama Midnight Accident, Tokyo 1969
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Daido Moriyama Midnight Snackbar, Yokohama 1970
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Daido Moriyama Ferryboats, Tsugaru Strait 1971
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Daido Moriyama Horizon, Hokkaido 1971
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Daido Moriyama Stray Dog, Misawa 1971
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Miguel Rio Branco Untitled 1970-72
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Garry Winogrand Texas State Fair from Women are Beautiful 1964
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Garry Winogrand State Fair of Texas, Dallas 1964
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Garry Winogrand Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Texas 1964
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Garry Winogrand State Fair of Texas, Dallas 1964
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Garry Winogrand Dealey Plaza, Dallas 1964
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Garry Winogrand State Fair of Texas, Dallas 1964
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Garry Winogrand Dallas, Texas 1974
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Garry Winogrand Austin, Texas from Women are Beautiful 1974
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