Facio began working as an assistant to
Annemarie Heinrich and started taking her own photographs in 1957. Facio co-founded La Azotea with
María Cristina Orive in 1973. held in
Mexico City, Facio worked with fellow artists to co-found the (). In 1985, Facio established the Fotogalería of the Teatro Municipal General San Martín, which has become one of the most prominent photographic exhibition spaces in Argentina. Facio served as the director of the gallery until 1998. During her career, she was also known for photographing
Jorge Luis Borges,
Julio Cortázar,
Astor Piazzolla,
Pablo Neruda,
Gabriel García Márquez and
Mario Vargas Llosa. A large exhibition of her work, taken between 1972 and 1974 and focusing on the effect that
Juan Domingo Perón had on the country, was shown at the
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA, in 2018. She was granted the Platinum
Konex Award from Argentina in 1992. Her work is in the collection of the
Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. Facio donated 25% of the photographs that make up the photographic heritage of the
National Museum of Fine Arts from her personal archive. Aside from photography, Facio also wrote books and published more than twenty personal books from the time when she began writing in 1968. She also published anthological books in 2012 and 2016.
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María Elena Walsh, 1965 File:Cortázar.jpg|
Julio Cortázar, 1967 File:Borges facio 1968.jpg|
Jorge Luis Borges, 1968 File:Fotografía del escritor argentino Manuel Mujica Lainez.jpg|
Manuel Mujica Lainez, 1969 File:Sara Facio, serie Funerales de Perón.jpg|
Los funerales del Presidente Perón, 1974 ==Personal life==