Alicia D'Amico

(Buenos Aires, 1933-2001)
She studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes and started in photography in 1957 in her father's studio. In 1960 she set up her own studio associating with Sara Facio until 1986. She was co-founder of Editorial La Azotea in 1973 and of the Argentine Council of Photography in 1979. At the beginning of the eighties, she participated in the founding of Lugar de mujer, a feminist organization, and since then she has investigated the feminine gaze and the role of women in the field of photography. Traversed by her activism and militancy, her photography took on an increasingly critical character. Since 1963 she exhibited her work in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Argentina and abroad. She actively participated with texts, conferences, workshops and photographs in important international festivals.