Françoise Huguier
Françoise Huguier (born June 15, 1942 in Thorigny-sur-Marne, France) is a French photographer. A great traveler, Africa as the subject of her first work: ''Sur les traces de l'Afrique fantôme'' ([Looking for traces of phantom Africa, inspired by the work of Michel Leiris, published by éditions Maeght in 1990. She was awarded a Villa Médicis hors les murs residency for this work. In 1991, she discovered the photographers Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé (winner of the 2003 Hasselblad Award) and contributed to increasing recognition of their work. She founded the first ''Biennale de la photographie africaine'' (Biennale of African photography) in 1994 in Bamako. She awarded a second Villa Médicis hors les murs laureate residency in 1993 for her book ''En route pour Behring '' (On the road to Bering) (éditions Maeght), a travel journal of a solo trip in Siberia. This work was exhibited in numerous festivals and galleries, and garnered her the 1993 World Press Photo pri ...
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Thorigny-sur-Marne
Thorigny-sur-Marne (, literally ''Thorigny on Marne'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants of Thorigny-sur-Marne are called ''Thorigniens''. Education the three preschools have 376 students, and the three elementary schools have 640 students. The preschools are: Ecole Maternellle Les Cerisiers, Ecole Maternelle Clémenceau, and Ecole Maternelle Les Pointes. The elementary schools are Ecole Elémentaire Les Cerisiers, Ecole Elémentaire Gambetta, and Ecole Elémentaire Les Pointes.Les écoles
" Thorigny-sur-Marne. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. The commune has one junior high school, Collège du Moulin à vent, and a vocational high school, Lyc ...
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