Luis Alberto Franke

He was born in Argentina in 1963. He is an industrial engineer and an amateurphotographer. Since 1988 he has been travelling round the Southern Patagonia inArgentina, where he has done several photographic reports on ruralestablishments of that area. His photography shows the natural sceneries, thepeople and especially they show the rural life of the vast southern farms.

He is anactive member of the Grupo Fotografico Parque,an important photo club of Buenos Aires. He also is an honorarymember of Photo Club Elema from Skopje (Macedonia). Since 2003 he has taken part in national andinternational salons of photography and has obtained more than 13000 acceptances and 2400 awards in more than 60countries. Regularly receives invitations to judge Nationaland International Exhibitions.

The FIAP distinguished him as “Master FIAP” in 2014, the PSA as “GrandMaster in Photography” (GMPSA) in 2012 and the FAF (Argentine Federation ofPhotography) distinguished him as “Master” (MFAF) in 2014.

Since2014 he is serving as FIAP Liaison Officer for Argentina.