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…

- Martine Franck

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 h…

- Martine Franck

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

- Martine Franck

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 …

- Martine Franck

I think everything can be painted because painting can change reality; but everything cannot be photographed and the photographer often comes home em…

- Martine Franck

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 some…

- Martine Franck

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 u…

- Martine Franck

My grandfather killed himself falling off the dike in Ostend while photographing my two cousins. This can happen so easily when looking through a len…

- Martine Franck

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