Salve Regina University’s Department of Art and Art History presents Infancia, an exhibition organized in collaboration with the Newport-based nonprofit Fundación Magdalena, showcasing 42 silver gelatin prints by renowned Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide. This significant presentation includes previously unpublished works that explore themes of childhood and rural life across various corners of the world. Thanks to Iturbide’s longstanding relationship with Fundación Magdalena, this marks the first exhibition dedicated solely to her photographs of children.
The exhibition is accompanied by a beautifully designed catalog published by Editorial RM in Barcelona, featuring reproductions of the works alongside an insightful essay by Colombian curator María Wills. This publication, which deepens the conversation around Iturbide’s artistic vision, will be available later this year through Editorial RM and select independent booksellers worldwide.
Infancia also launches a new cultural partnership between Salve Regina University and Fundación Magdalena, intended to foster dialogue and connection through the arts. As part of this initiative, the university will host weekly after-school workshops that bring together native English-speaking students and English language learners from Rhode Island public schools. These creative encounters will use art as a tool for empathy, reflection, and shared understanding, encouraging participants to see both themselves and others in new ways.
Born in Mexico City in 1942, Graciela Iturbide has long used photography as a means of exploring her country’s identity, rituals, and contradictions. Her black-and-white images—poetic yet grounded in reality—have been exhibited in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Over her distinguished career, she has received numerous international honors, confirming her place among the most influential voices in contemporary photography.
Image: © Graciela Iturbide



