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The Photographer
Leo Matiz
Leo Matiz is considered one of the ten
most influential photographers of the 20th century.
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His work as a photojournalist led him to travel extensively around the world, meeting and making friends with some of the most relevant figures of the 20th century.​
Matiz has been internationally recognized. He was decorated by the French government as "Chevalier des Arts et des Letters" in 1995. He also received the "Filo D'Argento Award" in Florence, Italy, and the government of Colombia paid tribute to him in 1988. Matiz died in 1998, but his work will endure for posterity. The work of Leo Matiz is exhibited at the MoMa in New York.
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