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Luis Acharez

The photographer behind the image of the puma on an iceberg

A professional photographer in El Calafate, licensed by Argentina's National Parks Administration for Los Glaciares National Park. Today he creates signature photography experiences for travellers.

Puma on a pale blue iceberg, with the snow-capped mountains of Lago Argentino behind

The image

In July 2021, in the Canal Upsala, Luis captured a puma on a drifting iceberg.

The series was published by media in six countries and recognised in nature photography competitions.

Distinctions

ND Awards 2021
Honourable Mention, Professional Nature / Wildlife category

Concurso Nacional APN–AFONA
Honourable Mention, Fauna category

Books

En un rincón de la Patagonia
Patagonia, corazón salvaje (bilingual edition)

Luis Acharez holding his book En un rincón de la Patagonia at a radio station in El Calafate
With En un rincón de la Patagonia, at a radio station in El Calafate.
Puma lying on an iceberg, looking at the camera Puma moving through a channel of blue ice Puma emerging from an ice arch

The Canal Upsala series, Los Glaciares National Park. Photographs by Luis Acharez.

Luis Acharez photographing the steppe and the mountains in golden afternoon light
Luis Acharez with his camera among snow-covered trees

Behind the camera

Thirteen years as a professional photographer and almost thirty living in El Calafate: knowing where to look, and when.

That reading of the land is what he shares in every experience today. He doesn't teach how to use a camera: he teaches how to compose an image.

In the press

From the image that travelled the world to a signature experience in Patagonia.

See the experiences