Flor Garduño's Paths of Life invites viewers on a journey through 45 years of her distinguished photographic career. The exhibition features a compelling blend of previously unpublished images from Garduño’s personal archive alongside more recent works.
Organized into six thematic sections—The Path of Yesterday, Ritualities, Construction of the Moment, Constructed Landscapes, Suspended Time, and Body and Magic—the exhibition spotlights recurring motifs that run through her body of work, seamlessly connecting past and present. Through these photographs, Garduño explores transcendent themes of ritual, mythology, legacy, symbolic archetypes, and the connection between humanity and the natural world.
Flor Garduño: Paths of Life/Senderos de vida is organized by El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City and the artist’s studio in collaboration with FotoFest, Houston. The exhibition was originally curated by Ery Camara for El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Dinner for FotoFest Fundraiser
Wednesday, March 5 | 6–9 PM
Tickets required
Opening Reception
Friday, March 7 | 6–8 PM
Free tickets required
Conversation with Flor Garduño at MFAH Lynn Wyatt Theater
Saturday, March 8 | 2–3 PM
Free tickets required
Born in Mexico City in 1957, Flor Garduño studied visual arts at the Old Academy of San Carlos (UNAM), where she was inspired by the work of Hungarian photographer Kati Horna. She perfected her photographic skills working as an assistant in Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s darkroom. Her work, often described as magical realism, spans images of daily life, portraiture, fictional landscapes, and still lives.
Garduño has exhibited at esteemed institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago; the Musée de I’Elysée, Switzerland; the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; and FotoFest. Her photographs are featured in prominent collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her acclaimed series Witnesses of Time, which debuted at the FotoFest Biennial 1992, toured globally.
Born in Mexico City in 1957, Flor Garduño studied visual arts at the Old Academy of San Carlos (UNAM), where she was inspired by the work of Hungarian photographer Kati Horna. She perfected her photographic skills working as an assistant in Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s darkroom. Her work, often described as magical realism, spans images of daily life, portraiture, fictional landscapes, and still lives.
Garduño has exhibited at esteemed institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago; the Musée de I’Elysée, Switzerland; the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; and FotoFest.
Her photographs are featured in prominent collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her acclaimed series Witnesses of Time, which debuted at the FotoFest Biennial 1992, toured globally.
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FotoFest Major Institutional and Individual Support
Institutional Support for Flor Garduño: Paths of Life provided by Texas Commission on the Arts; The Powell Foundation; Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation; John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; The Susan Vaughan Foundation; and The Wortham Foundation.
Individual Support for Flor Garduño: Paths of Life provided by Stan and Shirley Beyer; Kath and Jorge Blanco; Katy and Michael Casey; Jereann Chaney; Thomas and Lisa Damsgaard; Kenneth Frederick; William E. Joor III and Rose Ann Medlin; Frazier King; Valerie and Miguel Miro-Quesada; Meg and Nelson Murray; Abigail Owen-Pontez; Madeleine P. Plonsker; Sarah and Ben H. Powell V; Gregory and Lisa Spier; Throckmorton Fine Art; Sandra Tirey and Jan R. van Lohuizen; Anne Wilkes Tucker; Wendy Watriss; FotoFest Board of Directors; and contributors to the FotoFest Annual Fund.
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