Véronique de Viguerie
Véronique de Viguerie (born in 1978[1]) is a French photojournalist. She was noted for covering a story about an Afghan guerrilla group responsible for the Uzbin Valley ambush.
Biography
Viguerie was born in 1978 in Toulouse. After obtaining a master's degree in Law in Paris, she turned to photography, undertaking studies in Great Britain. In 2002, she worked at the Lincolnshire Echo (UK). In 2004, she went to Afghanistan working as a freelance photographer. She nearly died in suicide attack in a cyber cafe in Kabul in May 2005.[2] She lived in Kabul for 3 years. She then covered the rest of the world, Colombia, Iraq, Somalia, Pakistan, Guatemala, Mexico, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, India, Bangladesh etc. In 2008, Paris-Match sent her back to Afghanistan to cover "the Afghan side, after the ambush." She managed to gain the trust of the Taliban, whom she had met before, and obtain their authorization to take photographs.[3] The publication of these photographs caused an uproar in French public opinion.[4] Also in 2008, she got notice for her pictures of Somalian pirates.[5] Her 2009 story on the oil war in Nigeria was awarded the Photo Trophy and Public Prize by the Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre (Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents) in 2010.[6][7]
In 2006, she published her first book, Afghanistan, Regards Croises with journalist Marie Bourreau. In 2011, she published Carnets de Reportages du XXIe siècle with journalist Manon Querouil.
Honours
- Best War photoreportage at Bayeux Festival in 2010
- Nikon Prize for the Best War Photoreportage at Bayeux Festival in 2010
- Word Press Photo, 3rd Prize Contemporary Issues in 2009
- Best Young Photographer at the Scoop Festival in Angers in 2008
- Lagardere Grant for Young Talent in 2006
- Canon & AFJ Prize for Best Female Photojournalist during the Perpignan festival in 2006
Notes and references
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/06/12/veronique-de-viguerie-fearless-photographer.html http://vero-de-viguerie.photoshelter.com http://www.amazon.fr/Carnets-reportages-du-XXIe-siècle/dp/2916954848 http://www.reportagebygettyimages.com/veronique-de-viguerie/ http://www.canonafjaward.com/winners/veroniquedeviguerie.html http://www.evene.fr/livres/livre/marie-bourreau-et-veronique-de-viguerie-afghanistan-23117.php
References
- ↑ Véronique de Viguerie, une Carcassonnaise auteur du scoop de Paris-Match, L'Indépendant, 5 September 2008
- ↑ "Former Echo photographer caught up in Afghanistan suicide bomb blast". holdthefrontpage.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ Friedman, Danielle. "The World's Bravest Photographer". thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ "Taliban ambush trophy photos shock France". Reuters UK. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ "Life with the pirates of Somalia". London: Guardian.co.uk. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ "Nigeria Oil Pirates". Getty Images. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑ ""Nigeria, The Oil War": Véronique de Viguerie". prixbayeux.org. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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