Lourdes Grobet

Mexican photographer

Lourdes Grobet Argüelles (25 July 1940 – 15 July 2022) was a Mexican contemporary photographer, known for her photographs of Mexican lucha libre wrestlers.

Grobet spent some time as a painter before focussing on photography.Her photography led her to explore lucha libre, and she spent a lot of time getting to know the luchadores (wrestlers).

Grobet did some theatre and video, and published several books.Grobet's work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions, and she received many grants and awards for her work.