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Visages Photo Agency founder Marysa Maslansky dies at 82
Marysa Maslansky, founder of Visages Photo Agency, has died at 82 at her home in Los Angeles after a long illness.
She founded the agency in 1980, after working in photo journalism and leading the Los Angeles branch of French agency Gamma.
Visages represented well-known photographers including Herb Ritts, Mary Ellen Mark and George Hurrell during the 1980s and ’90s.
The agency also represented photographers such as William Claxton, Greg Gorman and Sofia Coppola.
Visages closed in 2000 as digital photography grew and the industry consolidated, facing competition from large image agencies.
Maslansky’s work helped shape a major agency for celebrity and fashion photography, and her family said she is survived by her husband Christopher and son Max.
Marysa Maslansky, founder of the Visages Photo Agency, died at 82.
She died Oct. 9 at her home in Los Angeles after a long illness, a family spokesperson announced.
Founded in 1980, Visages represented photographers including Herb Ritts, Mary Ellen Mark and George Hurrell.
The agency closed in 2000 amid the shift to digital, industry consolidation and competition from major syndicates.
- Who
- Marysa Maslansky, founder of Visages Photo Agency.
- What
- She died at 82.
- When
- Oct. 9; the year is not stated.
- Where
- Her home in Los Angeles.
- Why
- She died after a long illness.
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Maslansky founded Visages Photo Agency.
Visages closed amid the shift to digital, industry consolidation and competition from major syndicates.
Maslansky died at her home in Los Angeles after a long illness.
- Age
- 82
- Agency founded
- Visages was founded in 1980.
- Agency closed
- 2000
- Location
- Maslansky died at her home in Los Angeles.