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Sara Facio
Facio in 1995
Born(1932-04-18)18 April 1932
San Isidro,Argentina
Died18 June 2024(2024-06-18)(aged 92)
Buenos Aires,Argentina
Occupation(s)Photojournalist, publisher
Years active1957–2024
Partner(s)María Elena Walsh
(1978–2011; her death)
AwardsKonex Award(1992)

Sara Facio(18 April 1932 – 18 June 2024) was an Argentine photojournalist and publisher.[1]She was best known for having photographed, along withAlicia D'Amico,various cultural personalities, including Argentine writersJulio Cortázar,María Elena WalshandAlejandra Pizarnik.[2]She co-founded the publishing house "La Azotea" alongside María Cristina Orive in 1973.[3][4][5]

Facio 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.[6][7]

Career

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Facio in 1968

Facio began working as an assistant toAnnemarie Heinrichand started taking her own photographs in 1957.[8]

In 1960, Facio andAlicia D'Amicoopened a photography studio together.[9]Facio co-founded La Azotea withMaría Cristina Orivein 1973.[3][5]La Azotea was the first publishing house printing photo books inLatin America.[3]

Following the 1978 "Latin American Colloquiums of Photography"[10]held inMexico City,Facio worked with fellow artists to co-found theArgentine Photography Council[es](Spanish:Consejo Argentino de Fotografía).[11][12]

In 1985, Facio established the Fotogalería of the Teatro Municipal General San Martín, which has become one of the most prominent photographic exhibition spaces in Argentina.[13][14]Facio served as the director of the gallery until 1998.[14]

"What I do in photography is to ensure that the day I die they do not say that a cow died but that a person who saw that died. And what I saw is in my photos. As if to say, 'This is my city, my people, the one I admire, the one I like.' That is my canon."

Sara Facio, in response to the question by Maria Moreno forPágina 12in 2000.[15]

One of her most notable works of photojournalism as her coverage ofPeronismin Argentina during the 1970s.[7]She was noted for photographing marchers and protesters atPlaza de Mayoin Buenos Aires, which was different as most photojournalists focused their works through arial views ofCasa Rosada.[7]During her career, she was also known for photographingJorge Luis Borges,Julio Cortázar,Astor Piazzolla,Pablo Neruda,Gabriel García MárquezandMario Vargas Llosa.[6]

In 1996, Facio illustratedManuelita,a book of poetry byMaría Elena Walsh.[16]A large exhibition of her work, taken between 1972 and 1974 and focusing on the effect thatJuan Domingo Perónhad on the country, was shown at theMuseo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires,MALBA, in 2018.[17]She was granted the PlatinumKonex Awardfrom Argentina in 1992.[18]

Her work is in the collection of theMuseum of Modern Art,MoMA.[19]

Facio donated 25% of the photographs that make up the photographic heritage of theNational Museum of Fine Artsfrom her personal archive.[20]

Aside from photography, Facio also wrote books and published more than twenty personal books from the time when she began writing in 1968.[18]She also published anthological books in 2012 and 2016.[18]

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Media related toWorks by Sara Facioat Wikimedia Commons

Personal life

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Facio standing in front of two of her works in 2019.

Facio was born inSan Isidro,Argentinain 1932.[8]She graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1953.[8]Afterward, she received a scholarship from the French government and began residing inParis,where she studied visual arts and photography.[18]

Facio was alesbian.[21]Her partner wasMaría Elena Walsh,from 1978 until her death in 2011.[22]

Facio died inBuenos Aireson 18 June 2024, at the age of 92.[23][6]

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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  • Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires(in Spanish). Photography by Sara Facio and Alicia D'Amico. Text byJulio Cortázar.Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana. 1968.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Neruda, Pablo(1973).Geografía de Pablo Neruda[Geography of Pablo Neruda] (in Spanish). Photographs by Sara Facio and Alicia D'Amico. Barcelona: Aymá.ISBN978-84-209-0165-7.
  • Facio, Sara;D'Amico, Alicia(1973).Retratos y Autorretratos: Escritores de América Latina[Portraits and Self-portraits: Writers of Latin America] (in Spanish). Photography by Sara Facio and Alicia D'Amico. Text by various authors. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Crisis.
  • Facio, Sara;D'Amico, Alicia(1976).Cómo Tomar Fotografías[How to Take Photographs] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: La Azotea.
  • Humanario(in Spanish). Photography by Sara Facio and Alicia D'Amico. Text byJulio Cortázar.Buenos Aires: La Azotea. 1976.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Facio, Sara (1980).Actos de fe en Guatemala[Acts of Faith in Guatemala] (in Spanish). Photography by Sara Facio andMaría Cristina Orive.Text byMiguel Ángel Asturias.Buenos Aires: La Azotea.
  • Facio, Sara, ed. (1981).Fotografia Argentina actual = Photographie Argentine actuelle = Argentinian Photography Today(in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Azotea.
  • Facio, Sara; D'Amico, Alicia; Walsh, María Elena (1985).Fotografía Argentina: 1960–1985(in Spanish). Photography by Sara Facio and Alicia D'Amico. Text byMaría Elena Walsh.Buenos Aires: La Azotea.ISBN978-950-9536-02-9.
  • Facio, Sara (1988).Grete Stern(in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Azotea.ISBN978-950-9536-05-0.
  • Facio, Sara (1992).Retratos: 1960-1992[Portraits: 1960-1992] (in Spanish and English). Text byMaría Elena Walsh.Buenos Aires: La Azotea.ISBN978-950-9536-14-2.
  • Facio, Sara (1995).La Fotografía en la Argentina: Desde 1840 a nuestros días[Photography in Argentina: From 1840 to the present day] (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Azotea.ISBN978-950-9536-17-3.
  • Facio, Sara, ed. (1996).Fotografía Argentina Actual DOS(in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina: La Azotea Editorial Fotográfica.ISBN978-950-9536-19-7.

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 fromthe originalon 8 March 2016.
  2. ^M.L. Sougez; H. Pérez Gallardo (2003).Diccionario de historia de la fotografía.Madrid:Ediciones Cátedra. p. 166.ISBN84-376-2038-4.
  3. ^abcSanchis, Verónica (30 November 2018)."Foto Féminas' Library – María Cristina Orive – 1931–2017".Foto-Feminas.Archived fromthe originalon 17 December 2018.Retrieved17 December2018.
  4. ^"LA AZOTEA EDITORIAL (Blog Oficial): Historia".Archived fromthe originalon 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ab"Sara Facio | Fundación Konex".www.fundacionkonex.org(in Spanish).Retrieved24 June2024.
  6. ^abc"Murió Sara Facio, cronista visual de la cultura argentina en el siglo XX".Infobae.Archivedfrom the original on 20 June 2024.Retrieved19 June2024.
  7. ^abc"Sara Facio".Art Forum.com. 10 April 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2024.Retrieved19 June2024.
  8. ^abc"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 fromthe originalon 17 December 2018.Retrieved17 December2018.
  9. ^"Alicia d' Amico".AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes.Archivedfrom the original on 10 August 2021.Retrieved18 December2018.
  10. ^Rigat, Leticia (12 May 2020)."Los Coloquios Latinoamericanos de Fotografía y la reconfiguración de las prácticas fotográficas".Dixit(in Spanish) (32): 33–45.doi:10.22235/d.vi32.2108.ISSN0797-3691.Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2024.Retrieved19 June2024.
  11. ^Sougez, Marie-Loup; Pérez Gallardo, Helena (2003).Diccionario de historia de la fotografía.Cuadernos arte Cátedra (1 ed.). Madrid: Cátedra. p. 120.ISBN978-84-376-2038-1.
  12. ^"Murió Sara Facio, un ícono del arte y la fotografía argentina – La Voz del Pueblo"(in Spanish).Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2024.Retrieved19 June2024.
  13. ^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).Archivedfrom the original on 25 March 2023.Retrieved17 December2018.
  14. ^abFoster, David William (2014).Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan Photography: Feminist, Queer, and Post-Masculinist Perspectives.University of Texas Press. pp. 140–141.ISBN9780292768338.Archivedfrom the original on 10 August 2021.Retrieved17 December2018– via Project MUSE.
  15. ^"LAS12- mirada de mujeres en Pagina/12".www.pagina12.com.ar.Archivedfrom the original on 21 December 2023.Retrieved19 June2024.
  16. ^Trevino, Rose Zertuche (November 1996)."Children's Books in Spanish".School Library Journal.42(11): 134.Archivedfrom the original on 20 June 2024.Retrieved17 December2018– via EBSCOhost.
  17. ^Centenera, Mar (12 March 2018)."La Argentina de los últimos 591 días de Perón, retratada por Sara Facio".El País(in Spanish).ISSN1134-6582.Archivedfrom the original on 10 August 2021.Retrieved17 December2018.
  18. ^abcd"FACIO SARA".Museo Moderno.Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2024.Retrieved19 June2024.
  19. ^"Sara Facio".MoMA.Archived fromthe originalon 3 November 2016.Retrieved17 December2018.
  20. ^"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 fromthe originalon 19 September 2021.
  21. ^"Visibilidad de las mujeres queer en Argentina".Ella Global. 20 April 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 11 December 2023.Retrieved19 June2024.
  22. ^"Compromiso, pasión y humildad".Carasycaretas.org. 9 January 2023.Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2024.Retrieved19 June2024.
  23. ^Zacharías, María Paula (18 June 2024)."Murió a los 92 años la fotógrafa Sara Facio, una personalidad insoslayable de la cultura argentina".La Nación.Archivedfrom the original on 19 June 2024.Retrieved19 June2024.
  24. ^ab"Sara Facio | Fundación Konex".www.fundacionkonex.org(in Spanish).Archivedfrom the original on 31 January 2023.Retrieved19 June2024.
  25. ^"Konex Awards 1992: Visual Arts | Konex Foundation".www.fundacionkonex.org.Archivedfrom the original on 31 January 2023.Retrieved19 June2024.
  26. ^"os ganadores del Premio a la Trayectoria del Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales 2019".cultura.gob.ar(in Spanish). 6 September 2019.Retrieved19 June2024.

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