Estancias, Great Houses and Ranches of Argentina
Maria Saenz Quesada was born in Buenos Aires, she graduated as B.A. in History. She is a writer, museum director and university teacher, and has published several books on historical and social issues, such as Los estancieros (Ranch Owners), 1980; Mujeres de Rosas (Rosas Women), 1991; and Mariquita Sanchez, 1995./ Xavier Verstraeten, in 1982 graduated with honors from the Brooks Institute of Photography in USA. From his beginnings he demonstrated his creativity collaborating with distinguished photographers from New York and London. Back in Buenos Aires he worked for the most important magazines and advertising agencies in Argentina. He is an expert in the use of natural light and in the application of the latest technologies in digital image. He is the photographer of the books 'Estancias Argentinas' (Argentinean Ranches) and 'Mesas de Buenos Aires' (Buenos Aires Tables) by Ediciones Lariviere. In 1994 he founds his publishing house specialized in the realization of visual character books. Among his published titles we can mention: Ponchos de la Tierra del Plata (Ponchos from the Land of Silver), Golf courses & Links de Argentina (Golf Courses & Links from Argentina), Buenos Aires Art Nouveau, and Buenos Aires, Arquitectura y Patrimonio (Buenos Aires, Architecture and Heritage), this last declared of Cultural Interest by the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires and awarded by the Argentinean Chamber of Publications as Best Book of the Two year Period in the categories 'General' and 'Art and Architecture'.