Martine Franck

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Martine Franck (born April 2, 1938 in Antwerp , † August 16, 2012 in Paris ) was a Belgian photographer . She was a member of the famous Magnum Photos photo agency and co-founder of the Fondation Henri-Cartier-Bresson .

biography

Martine Franck spent her childhood in England and the USA . From 1956 to 1957 she studied history at the University of Madrid and from 1958 to 1962 at the École du Louvre in Paris .

She made her first experiences as a photographer in 1963 in the Far East . In 1964 she worked as a photo assistant in the laboratory of Life magazine in Paris. Franck began working as a freelancer in 1965. In 1970 she went to the VU agency and founded the Viva agency in 1972 . She became an associate member of Magnum Photos in 1980 and a full member in 1983.

Martine Franck was married to the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson († 2004), one of the co-founders of Magnum Photos , since 1970 . Among other things, she managed her husband's estate at the Fondation Henri-Cartier-Bresson and supported other artists. The marriage with Cartier-Bresson resulted in a daughter (* 1972).

Franck's photographic work, mostly in black and white , is characterized by a subtly surreal character ( Le Brusc, South of France , 1976). She took portraits , made reports and aimed her camera lens at landscape motifs or, in the tradition of Cartier-Bresson, looked for spontaneous snapshots with subtle humor.

Publications

  • John Berger, Martine Franck: Von Tag zu Tag , translated from the English by Marion Kagerer, Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-88814-913-4

Exhibitions

  • La vie et la mort d'Arles festival, France 1980
  • Martine Franck Photographe , Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris, 2004
  • Les Rencontres d'Arles festival, France, 2004
  • Venus d'ailleurs , Maison européenne de la photographie, France, 2011

literature

  • William Manchester, Jean Lacouture, Fred Ritchin: Time Blend. Five decades of MAGNUM photography , Schirmer / Mosel, Munich, 1989, ISBN 3-88814-347-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martine Franck 1938–2012. Time , accessed August 23, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Martine Franck, Documentary Photographer, Dies at 74th New York Times , accessed May 29, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Franck, Martine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 2012
Place of death Paris