Sara Facio
Sara Facio in 2012
Born (1932-04-18) 18 April 1932 (age 91)
San Isidro, Argentina
OccupationPhotography
PartnerMaría Elena Walsh (1978-2011; her death)

Sara Facio (born 18 April 1932) is an Argentine photographer.[1] She is best known for having photographed, along with Alicia D'Amico, various cultural personalities, including Argentine writers Julio Cortázar, María Elena Walsh and Alejandra Pizarnik.[2] Facio also was instrumental in establishing a publishing house for photographic work in Latin America and for the creation of a prominent photographic exhibition space in Argentina.

Biography

Facio was born in Argentina in 1932.[3] She graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1953.[3] Later, she worked as an assistant to Annemarie Heinrich and started taking her own photographs in 1957.[3]

Jorge Luis Borges photographed by Sara Facio at the National Library of Argentina, in 1968 where Borges was director.

In 1960, Facio and Alicia D'Amico opened a photography studio together.[4] Facio co-founded La Azotea with María Cristina Orive in 1973.[5] La Azotea was the first publishing house printing photo books in Latin America.[5] In 1985, Facio established the Fotogalería of the Teatro Municipal General San Martín, which has become of the most prominent photographic exhibition spaces in Argentina.[6][7] Facio served as the director of the gallery until 1998.[7] In 1996, Facio illustrated Manuelita, a book of poetry by María Elena Walsh.[8] A large exhibition of her work, taken between 1972 and 1974 and focusing on the effect that Juan Domingo Perón had on the country, was shown at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA, in 2018.[9] She was granted the Platinum Konex Award from Argentina in 1992.

Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA.[10]

Sara Facio donated 25% of the photographs that make up the photographic heritage of the National Museum of Fine Arts from her personal archive.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Viater, Nora (1 October 2011). "María Elena Walsh: adiós a la mujer que nos enseñó a ser chicos y nos hizo crecer" [María Elena Walsh: goodbye to the woman who taught us to be children and made us grow]. Clarin (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ M.L. Sougez; H. Pérez Gallardo (2003). Diccionario de historia de la fotografía. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra. p. 166. ISBN 84-376-2038-4.
  3. ^ a b c "Con osadía y técnica Sara Facio supo ver el mundo y abrir los ojos ajenos" [With daring and technique, Sara Facio knew how to see the world and open the eyes of others]. El Territorio Misiones (in Spanish). 10 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Alicia d' Amico". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b Sanchis, Verónica (30 November 2018). "Foto Féminas' Library – María Cristina Orive – 1931-2017". Foto-Feminas. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ Gigena, Daniel (15 November 2018). "El "túnel " del Teatro San Martín donde la fotografía cuenta su historia" [The "tunnel" of the San Martín Theater where photography tells its story]. La Nacion (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b Foster, David William (2014). Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan Photography: Feminist, Queer, and Post-Masculinist Perspectives. University of Texas Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 9780292768338 – via Project MUSE.
  8. ^ Trevino, Rose Zertuche (November 1996). "Children's Books in Spanish". School Library Journal. 42 (11): 134 – via EBSCOhost.
  9. ^ Centenera, Mar (12 March 2018). "La Argentina de los últimos 591 días de Perón, retratada por Sara Facio". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Sara Facio". MoMA. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  11. ^ "8 fotos emblemáticas de la gran Sara Facio" [8 emblematic photos of the great Sara Facio]. Argentina Ministry of Culture (in Spanish). 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021.
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