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El ojo fino/The Exquisite Eye features the works of nine prominent women photographers of Mexico: Lola Álvarez Bravo, Kati Horna, Mariana Yampolsky, Graciela Iturbide, Flor Garduño, Yolanda Andrade, Alicia Ahumada, Ángeles Torrejón, and Maya Goded. These artists from three generations have collectively reached across the 20th century and confronted us with the essential stuff of life. With one exception, they all live in or near Mexico City. Many of the women are friends or acquaintances, though Álvarez Bravo and Yampolsky have passed away and Horna lives a secluded life.

Because each generation of photographers mentored the next, their images have an extensive aesthetic connection—little homages here and there, borrowed elements, overlapping spiritual territory, similar lives. Each woman is an accomplished artist in her own right, with a body of work well able to stand on its own, but the kinship among the nine is particularly striking when their photographs are seen together.

The exhibition is curated by Connie Todd of the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. El ojo fino enjoyed a successful run at the Wittliff Gallery in 2000. From Lola Álvarez Bravo, one of the most prominent of the first generation of women photographers in Mexico, to Graciela Iturbide, with an international reputation as one of Mexico's premier contemporary photographers, this tour presents the work of a truly unique sisterhood of artists made available for the first time to venues across the country.

This exhibition is made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.