Alison Frantz
American archaeologist and photographer · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1903 to 1995 · aged 91
Mary Alison Frantz was an American archaeological photographer and Byzantine scholar. She was the official photographer of the excavations of the Agora of Athens, and a prolific photographer of ancient Greek sculpture, including the Parthenon frieze and works from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
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Frantz (front left) in 1924, as part of the Smith College hockey team![Aerial photograph of Athens taken in 1934, the year Frantz joined the Agora excavations. The Agora excavation area is visible in the upper center, behind the Acropolis.[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/ETH-BIB-Akropolis-Weitere-LBS_MH02-26-0019.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-ETH-BIB-Akropolis-Weitere-LBS_MH02-26-0019.tif.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Aerial photograph of Athens taken in 1934, the year Frantz joined the Agora excavations. The Agora excavation area is visible in the upper center, behind the Acropolis.[20]
The Byzantine Church of the Holy Apostles in the Athenian Agora, restored by Frantz and John Travlos in 1954-1957![Part of the northern section of the Parthenon frieze. Frantz photographed most of the surviving sculptures from the frieze for Martin Robertson's 1975 monograph on it.[65]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Parthenon_frieze_north_XLII.JPG/1280px-Parthenon_frieze_north_XLII.JPG?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Part of the northern section of the Parthenon frieze. Frantz photographed most of the surviving sculptures from the frieze for Martin Robertson's 1975 monograph on it.[65]Awards
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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1995 · aged 91
