Martine Franck Quotes

• A photograph isn't necessarily a lie, but nor is it the truth. It's more of a fleeting, subjective impression. What I most like about photography is the moment that you can't anticipate: you have to be constantly watching for it, ready to welcome the unexpected.

  Martine Franck

  Photography, Lying, Fleeting

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• I was very ill at ease with people in social situations, and I realized that if I photographed I wouldn't have to chat.

  Martine Franck

  People, Ease, Social

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• What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected.

  Martine Franck

  Photography, Unexpected, Moments

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• A photograph is not necessarily a lie, but it isn't the truth either. It's more like a fleeting, subjective impression.

  Martine Franck

  Lying, Fleeting, Photograph

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• I think everything can be painted because painting can change reality; but everything cannot be photographed and the photographer often comes home empty-handed, with images which (often) have a documentary interest, but which rarely go further than that. One has to be completely available, very tenacious and admit that many subjects won't give any results... and a miracle sometimes happens, without warning.

  Martine Franck

  Home, Reality, Thinking

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• Photography came as a substitute. I was painfully shy and found talking to people difficult; a camera in hand gave me a function, a reason to be somewhere, a witness, but not an actor.

  Martine Franck

  Photography, Hands, Talking

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• I feel concerned by what happens in the world.... I don't want to merely document; I want to know why a certain thing disturbs or attracts me and how a situation can affect the person involved.

  Martine Franck

  World, Want, Certain

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• My advice to photographers is to get out there in the field and take photographs but also if they are students to finish their course, learn as many languages as possible, go to movies, read books visit museums, broaden your mind.

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  Book, Museums, Advice

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• I think I was shy as a young woman and realized that photography was an ideal way of expressing myself, of telling people what was going on without having to talk.

  Martine Franck

  Photography, Thinking, People

  Louise Baring, Martine Franck (2007). “Martine Franck”, Phaidon Press

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• My grandfather killed himself falling off the dike in Ostend while photographing my two cousins. This can happen so easily when looking through a lens: for a split second nothing else exists outside the frame.

  Martine Franck

  Cousin, Fall, Two

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