Martin Karplus

Martin Karplus was born in Austria and is a world renowned theoretical chemist. He holds professorships at Harvard University and the Universite de Strasbourg.He has been a practicing photographer since the 1950's when he used a Leica IIIC with Kodachrome film to capture images of the world that mostly no longer exists in Europe and the United States. His work has been exhibited in the United States, England and France.Martin now uses a Canon EOS 20D and hasconcentrated on the peoples of China and Indiawhere the cultural heritage of many generationsis rapidly disappearing.