Joseph Skarbek

1879–1961 (age 82)

Biography

Joseph Skarbek was a photographer whose lens captured the unfolding stories and people of his time with sensitivity.

He contributed to the visual history of France, and his remains lie at Père Lachaise Cemetery among other guardians of memory.

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