Nationality Argentinian Award Konex Award | Awards Konex Award | |
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Born December 17, 1955 (age 61) ( 1955-12-17 ) Buenos Aires Education University of Buenos Aires | ||
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Dani Yako (born 17 December 1955 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian photographer, journalist and architect. After finishing his studies at the University of Buenos Aires in 1975, Yako worked as a reporter for the La Calle newspaper. However, in the following year, within the context of the military dictatorship that ruled the country, Dani Yako was kidnapped by a commando of the army and was detained for three days in the Libertador Building, which forced his exile to Madrid. Once there, he collaborated in a variety of media communications.
In 1983, shortly before the restoration of democracy, he returned to Argentina and began to work as editor-in-chief of Agencia Diarios y Noticias, which was founded the year before. His works were published in printed media in Brazil and Germany, as well as in France Presse and Reuters. In December of the same year, he managed to capture the last images of the writer Julio Cortázar walking in the centre of Buenos Aires, nearbyHarrods. In 1996 he began to work as editor at Clarín, where he currently works as the Director of Photography. In 2012, he received the Konex Award, and was given the Diploma of Merit in the field of visual arts.