Martine Franck

"Martine Franck: One Day to the Next" includes more than 100 images that capture singular visual moments with elegance and wit. Presented here is a selection of this highly regarded photographer's favorite images from the last 30 years, covering subject matter from the inquisitiveness of childhood to the quirks of old age, from strange and rugged landscapes to the rhythms of crowds. Whether photographing artists and writers such as Michel Foucault and Marc Chagall, or Tibetan Buddhist refugees in India and Nepal, Franck sees photography as "a frontier, a barrier of sorts that one is constantly breaking down so as to get closer to the subject."

Martine Franck: One Day to the Next (Signed Edition)

Louise Baring

This accessible monograph is the perfect introduction to the work of the Magnum photographer Martine Franck (b. 1939). A key member of the prestigious photographic agency along with her late husband Henri Cartier-Bresson, Franck achieved international recognition with her elegantly-composed images of theatre productions, carnivals and street festivals in France, and her evocative landscapes and compassionate portraits bring an aesthetic rigour and a feminine sensibility to the humanist Magnum philosophy. Her portraits include images of her contemporaries Balthus, Paul Strand and Marc Chagall, alongside engaging pictures that capture the exuberance and innocence of childhood. She is best known for her work about those living on the margins of society or in isolated communities, as seen in her sensitive images of Tibetan lamas, Gaelic-speaking communities in Ireland and her tender portraits of the elderly. The 55 images featured in this book are representative of Franck's career and are accompanied by an essay and detailed picture commentaries that assess her important contribution to the medium of photography.

A collection of photographs of Tory Island and its inhabitants.

Tory Island Images

Maison européenne de la photographie (Paris, France)

Martine Franck: One Day to the Next includes more than one hundred startling images that capture singular visual moments with memorable elegance and wit. Presented here is a selection of this highly regarded photographer's favorite images from the last thirty years, covering subject matter from the boundless inquisitiveness of childhood to the quirks of old age, from strange and rugged landscapes to the rhythms of crowds. Whether photographing artists and writers such as Michel Foucault and Marc Chagall, or Tibetan Buddhist refugees in India and Nepal, Franck sees photography as "a frontier, a barrier of sorts that one is constantly breaking down so as to get closer to the subject."

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