Luis Franke, MFIAP, ESFIAP, EFIAP/d3, GMPSA/B, MFAF

Country: Argentina

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 15000 acceptances and 2700 awards in more than 60 countries. 
The FIAP distinguished him as “Master FIAP” in 2014, the PSA as “Grand Master Bronze” (GMPSA/B) in 2018 and the FAF (Argentine Federation of Photography) distinguished him as “Master” (MFAF) in 2014.
In 2012 and 2013 was awarded as the “Best of tht Best” author by FIAP.
Since 2014 he is serving as FIAP Liaison Officer for Argentina. Since 2017 is a member
of the Directory Board of FIAP and since 2018 he is serving as Director of the FIAP Biennial Service.