Sara Facio

[1] She was 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] She co-founded the publishing house "La Azotea" alongside María Cristina Orive in 1973.

[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.

[7] She was noted for photographing marchers and protesters at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, which was different as most photojournalists focused their works through aerial views of Casa Rosada.

[7] During her career, she was also known for photographing Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Astor Piazzolla, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.

[8] Afterward, she received a scholarship from the French government and began residing in Paris, where she studied visual arts and photography.

Facio in 1995
Facio standing in front of two of her works in 2019