Book Description
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."


Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About the Author
Martine Franck became a member of the first Vu agency in 1970 and was one of the founders of the agency Viva before joining Magnum Photos in 1980.

John Berger is a renowned author and art critic, whose books include Ways of Seeing and The Sense of Sight.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Martine Franck: One Day to the Next includes more than one hundred images unexpected not only for the singular moments they capture, but for their formal rigor, their wit, and their sensitivity. Included here is a selection of the highly regarded photographer's favorite images, grouped thematically to cover subject matter ranging from childhood to old age, from landscapes to crowds. In creating her pictures, which range from revealing portraits of such artists and writers as Michel Foucault and Marc Chagall to engaging studies of children playing at the seaside and a photographic record of the acclaimed Theatre du Soleil, she sees photography as "a frontier, a barrier of sorts that one is constantly breaking down so as to get closer to the subject." Two current projects - one of images made on Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland, and the other of Tibetan Buddhist refugees in India and Nepal - are represented alongside photographs from the last thirty of Franck's remarkably creative years.

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