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A life in photographs

The life around the work.

Selected photographs from the personal archive: people, places, public life, books, and the experiences that give the writing its setting.

From the archive

These are photographs from different chapters of a life. Captions describe what is visible or supported by the record; dates and event names are given only where known.

The story behind the photographs ↗

19 photographs

PortraitsMartin Genter with a Parthenon art panel.
PortraitsMartin Genter at an outdoor table.
PortraitsMartin Genter outdoors with an American flag.
Public lifeGlobal-health advocacy in Washington, D.C.
Public lifeUNA-USA Mississippi advocacy delegation.
Public lifeUNA-USA advocacy visit in Washington, D.C.
Public lifeMartin Genter outside the United States Capitol.
Public lifeMartin Genter in a Cambridge, Massachusetts campus setting.
Public lifeMartin Genter at a state-capitol setting in Mississippi.
PortraitsMartin Genter outdoors.
Life & placesMartin Genter with his dog Huck.
Books & readingBooks, journals, and a globe from the reading archive.
Books & readingAn earlier reading stack.
Life & placesA campus clock tower in New Hampshire.
Life & placesCampus architecture from the archive.
Life & placesA columned building at dusk.
Books & readingA stack of books on habits, learning, and meaningful work.
Public lifeMartin Genter at the United States Capitol.
Public lifeMartin Genter at the United Nations Global Engagement Summit.

Images and words

A record of living.
A body of work.

The photographs provide a setting. The books and essays carry the questions: what a life asks of us, how to share a republic, and what our power should serve.

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