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Francois Mauriac

Francois Mauriac

1949

“Paris was without electric power when I photographed the eminent Catholic writer. My assistant and I had valiantly climbed five endless Parisian flights of stairs with heavy equipment, in the vain hope that electricity would soon be restored. It was late in the afternoon and we would not soon have the opportunity to meet again. So, using a bed sheet borrowed from his housekeeper as a reflector, I caught his aristocratic silhouette in the available light of an open French window.”

Sittings

10342
Jul 7 1949

Francois Mauriac

Writer
12513
Apr 1 1965

Francois Mauriac

Writer
Paris, France
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