Thierry Martin was a discreet man: very polite, perhaps a little nervous inside, but that didn’t necessarily show. He was always calm and composed, even when he wanted to get the best image, camera around his neck, among other press photographers. Thierry Martin, born January 16, 1949, died Friday following a long illness.
The photographer has been illustrating Luxembourg news with his camera since the 1980s and followed the path from analog black and white photography to digital color photography during his long career. At the beginning, he photographed freelance for almost all the Luxembourg media, among others for the Luxembourg wordthe Luxembourg countrythe Newspaper of the Luxembourg people.
Photographer for the Luxembourg review
Later he worked exclusively for the Luxembourg Review, who took him under contract. He was therefore also the leading figure of this weekly, which sent him on numerous state visits abroad, but also to events of Luxembourg’s high society.
He had landed his first job at Paris Match. He joined the Grand Duchy when he married a Luxembourger.
This article was originally published on the Luxemburger Wort website.
Adaptation: Mélodie Mouzon
