D'Amico, Alicia

She was born in Buenos Aires on October 6, 1933. In 1953, she began working as a drawing teacher at the National School of Fine Arts and, in 1955, received a government scholarship to further her studies in Paris. From 1957, she trained as a photographer in her father Luis D'Amico's studio and later with Annemarie Heinrich. Between 1960 and 1983, she had her own studio, shared with Sara Facio, with whom she won the Konex Award for Photography in 1982. In 1973, she co-founded with Facio and María Cristina Orive the first photographic publishing house in South America, named "La Azotea."

She was also a co-founder of the Argentine Photography Council (1979) and the Latin American Photography Council. She received numerous awards, including: Artist of the Federation International de L’Art Photographique (Switzerland, 1965), First Prize at the Scandinavian Countries Competition (Denmark, 1969), and the Alicia Moreau de Justo Award (1985). Some of her published books and works include: Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (1968), Humanario (1976), Cómo Tomar Fotografías (1977), and Podría Ser Yo: Los Sectores Populares Urbanos en Imagen y Palabra (1987). She passed away on August 30, 2001.