Gauchos: Icons of Argentina "egypt" Since its founding nearly a

Since its founding nearly a century ago

a literature festival in the Loire Valley

Text by Gelasio Gaetani d’Aragona Lovatelli

Clair’s original watercolor paintings and luminous photography of each stage of creation

while at the same time embracing the American educational values that foster creativity and pragmatism

Gauchos: Icons of Argentina "egypt" Since its founding nearly aThe gaucho is an iconic symbol of the romantic ideal of the love of freedom and of the unspoiled landscape. With his camera, renowned Argentine artist Aldo Sessa spent months on end traveling around Argentina to its farthest reaches, sparing no effort or sacrifice, to follow and record the traces of these expert nomadic horsemen who preserve the Argentine tradition. Silently, without distracting them, Sessa captured the gauchos at all instances of