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Subject: [Leica] OT: RIP - Martine Frank
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:04:25 +0200
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Very nice story Douglas, you're a lucky man to have lived this encounter

cheers
Lluis


El 19/08/2012, a las 20:11, Douglas Barry escribi?:

> "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote
>> Another Leica user and HCB memory bearer gone.
>> http://www.mmail.com.my/story/celebrated-magnum-photographer-martine-franck-dies-27133
>
> She was a very nice woman. I met Martine in her (and HCB's)  
> apartment on the Rue de Rivoli one afternoon in Nov '09. It was  
> somewhat unexpected as I was over at Paris Photo and met a group  
> from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art who were also over for  
> Paris Photo. We wound up having lunch together, and over the lunch  
> they mentioned that they were meeting her immediately afterwards,  
> and would I like to come along?
>
> Well, how could I refuse? It would have been churlish, wouldn't it?  
> Here's a couple of pictures from the apartment.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Paris+09/michaelgloria_bw_sm.jpg.html
>
> Douglas
> _________
> Douglas Barry
> Bray, Co. Wicklow
> Republic of Ireland
>
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In reply to: Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] OT: RIP - Martine Frank)
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