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2 unusual facts about Martine Franck


Martine Franck

Franck was well known for her documentary-style photographs of important cultural figures such as painter Marc Chagall, philosopher Michel Foucault and poet Seamus Heaney, and of remote or marginalized communities such as Tibetan Buddhist monks, elderly French people, and isolated Gaelic speakers.

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For these peculiarities, the photographer Martine Franck made a report for Life Magazine and the Japanese Empress came to visit the library.



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