Barraco, Daniel

Daniel began his journey into photography in 1980, after completing his studies at the Superior School of Fine Arts in Mendoza and embarking on a life-changing trip through Latin America. Following this journey, he learned photography under Cayetano Arcidiacono. In 1981, young Daniel founded the Photographic Group Imagen, and from 1982 onwards, he began teaching courses and workshops in Mendoza, Buenos Aires, and France. In 1985, he moved to France, where he worked as a printer (in black and white) at the renowned "Pictorial Service" Laboratory in Paris, took photographs for the newspaper "Liberation," worked as a portraitist for "Le Monde," and exhibited in prestigious art gatherings and galleries. Daniel recounts that this part of the world provided him with incredibly enriching experiences, but he grew tired of "being a foreigner" and decided to return. Barraco has had a successful career abroad; his series of portraits "Artes y Oficios" was subsidized by the Antorchas Foundation, and he later received a grant from the National Fund for the Arts to continue it. Since 2000, he has taught courses at the Pontifical Catholic University of Santiago de Chile and workshops at the Instituto Arcos in that city. He lived in Chile from 2004 to 2010. Currently, he lives and works in Mendoza and is responsible for Editions of El Amante Universal. As an independent editor, he has a 15-year career and has edited ten books primarily related to the art of photography.