[3] At the beginning of the 1870s, C. Junior opened another studio in Artes street, named "Fotografía de la Infancia" (Childhood Photography), hosted by his son José V. Freitas Henriques.

[4] Christiano Junior soon gained reputation in the city,[1] being requested by personalities such as Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Adolfo Alsina, Lucio V. Mansilla and Luis Sáenz Peña among others.

[1][4] After leaving Buenos Aires, he went on an "artistic tour" (in his own words) visiting the Santa Fe, Córdoba, Mendoza,[6] San Luis, San Juan, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy provinces to complete the work stated with Vistas y costumbres....[5][4] My plan is vast and when it is complete the Argentine Republic will have no stone or historic tree, from the Atlantic to the Andes, that has not been subjected to the life-giving focus of the camera obscura.Nevertheless, and after four years of trip throughout Argentina the artist ceased his activity as a photographer in 1883.

Even unfinished, the work made by Christiano Junior during those 4 years is considered one of the most important and ambitious projects in Argentine and Latin America.

[1] The album included 12 photos of the city of Buenos Aires, each one with a description (written by Mariano Pelliza and Ángel Carranza) in Spanish, English, French, and German languages.