This publication is the first title in THE AMERICAS, a new series by Fundación Magdalena comprising twenty titles dedicated to major women photographers from across the American continent. A deeply human exploration of childhood through the lens of one of the most important photographers of our time, Graciela Iturbide. Many of the photographs are presented here for the first time, offering a rare and moving insight into childhood as both a personal and collective experience. Revealing childhood as a universal territory shaped by play, imagination, vulnerability, and resilience, capturing fleeting moments of wonder, innocence, and complicity. Children appear as playful figures, witnesses, angels, and dreamers, often surrounded by animals, rituals, shadows, and landscapes that evoke a world suspended between reality and reverie. Reflecting Iturbide’s long-standing commitment to photographing communities from a place of respect, intimacy, and ethical engagement.