Luis Alberto Franke

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

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

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

Since 2014 he is serving as FIAP Liaison Officer for Argentina.