Marcel G. Lefrancq (October 9, 1916 in Mons-November 15, 1974 in Vaudignies); Belgian surrealist photographer and collagist. (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Lefrancq) Belgian photographer and collagist born in Mons in 1916. It was probably in 1932 that he began his activity as a photographer: the oldest negatives that are preserved date back to that year. By that time he was started in prehistory by the curator of the local museum Jean Houzeau de Lehaie. Never abandon this activity, training and specializing over the years. In 1935 he visited the World's Fair in Brussels, where he took several photos. In 1936 began the Spanish Civil War, and Lefrancq was involved in activities of support to the Republic together with the Communist Party of Belgium. He was founder of the surrealist group member Hainaut in 1939. After the sign of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, he was arrested and detained for several days by the Belgian authorities as many members of the left-wing organizations or parties. He was hired as a photographer by the Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (IRPA) and helped to make a photographic inventory of the works of art that could be destroyed by the ensuing war. In May, he fled the German invasion by bicycle with his brother. In 1943 he was detained by the German military authorities for an anonymous complaint. He was imprisoned for 6 weeks released for lack of evidence and for the intervention of some people, including the director of the IRPA.... His photographic work is complex and diverse in his sources of inspiration. There are clearly surreal pictures, composed as a collage of objects arranged to be photographed (1937-1948), but more often characterized by an unexpected theme choice or an unusual shooting angle. He died suddenly in 1974. (http://elhurgador.blogspot.nl/2016/12/aniversarios-fotografia-clvii-diciembre.html) undefined

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