Alex Benjamin
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If I had hard facts about Kenna's deal, I wouldn't be making an assumption.
You don't have the hard facts because you're not looking for them. It's very easy to find. Here's how the negatives are stored in the archives.
These people have been at it for decades. They also hold the works of Lartigues, Kertész and Willy Ronis, as well as thousands of photographs dating from as early as the mid-19th century. They know what they are doing.
The hard facts are on the website: https://mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr/