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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Chilean photographer
A.K.A.
Sergio Larrain
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
5 September 1931(Santiago)
Death:
7 February 2012(Ovalle)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Sergio Larraín Echeñique (1931 – 7 February 2012) was a Chilean photographer. He worked for Magnum Photos during the 1960s. He is considered the most important Chilean photographer in history.
Photographs he took in Paris by Notre Dame Cathedral, which revealed scenes of a couple only upon processing, became the basis for Julio Cortázar's story, "Las Babas del Diablo", "The Devil's Drool", which in turn inspired Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup.
Monographs
Sergio Larrain, Photographs by Sergio Larrain, New York: Aperture, October 2013.