María Cristina Orive
María Cristina Orive (1930/1931 – 2 September 2017) was a
photojournalist. Together with Sara Facio, she founded the Buenos Aires publishing house La Azotea which specializes in publishing the work of Latin American photographers.[1]
Biography
 | This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2017) |
Born in
When she was just 30, together with the Argentine photographer Sara Facio, she founded La Azotea, a publishing house in Buenos Aires devoted to the work of Latin American artists, including Luis González Palma from Guatemala and Martín Chambi from Peru, among others. She published the work of women photographers such as Annemarie Heinrich, Grete Stern and Adriana Lestido. The first business of its kind in South America, it has published the work of some 100 photographers, many publications running to the second or third edition.[2]
Death
Orive died on 2 September 2017, aged 86.[3]
Literature
- Facio, Sara; Orive, María Cristina; Asturias, Miguel Angel (1999). Actos de fe en Guatemala. La Azotea. ISBN 978-950-9536-22-7.
References
- ^ "María Cristina Orive", Oxford Grove Art; retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ a b Claudia Navas Dangel, "María Cristina Orive, escritora de la luz", RevistaAmiga.com; retrieved 11 March 2013.(in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece la fotógrafa guatemalteca María Cristina Orive; accessed 25 September 2017. (in Spanish)
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