LUIS ALBERTO FRANKE, EFAF, EFIAP/b, GMPSA 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 integrates the "Grupo Fotográfico Parque" of Argentina and he is a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and have served as the PSA Region Director for South America since 2009. He has taken parts in national and international salons of photography and has obtained more than 6.000 acceptances and 1.200 awards in more than 40 countries. The FAF distinguished him as “Excellence Artist” (EFAF) in 2009; the PSA as “Grand Master in Photography” (MPSA) in 2012 and the FIAP distinguished him as “Excellence Bronce Artist” (EFIAP7b) in 2011. Web page:   www.luisfranke.com.ar