Annemarie Heinrich: the eye behind Argentina’s star portraits

When Annemarie Heinrich photographed an actress named Eva Duarte in 1938, she didn’t know the young woman in front of her camera would soon become a saint-like figure for Argentine people. Six years later, Evita , now the wife of Juan Domingo Perón, went back to Heinrich’s studio in Recoleta. The professional photographer who by then had produced unique and famous portraits of the country’s biggest film and radio stars pointed her camera and shot. The result would become Eva Perón’s most famous picture. Eva Perón portrait, 1944 Born in Germany in 1912, Heinrich moved to Argentina in 1926 at…