Marcel G. Lefrancq (1916-1974) was a Belgian photographer and collage artist who was associated with the Hainaut Surrealist Group. Issued as a portfolio, the work includes twenty-five photographs (silver prints) of female nudes, still lifes, and other abstract images, often utilizing the techniques of superimposition and solarization. It was produced in an edition of 100; the Ryerson’s copy is no. 55.

1. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Cover.
2. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Photo.
3. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Text.
4. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Photo.
5. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Photo.
6. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Photo.
7. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Photo.
8. Marcel G. Lefrancq, Aux Mains de la Lumière: Images et Poèmes (In the Hands of Light: Photography and Poems). Mons: éditions de “Haute Nuit,” 1948. Photo.