Veronique de Viguerie is a French photographer, mother of two. To start with, she spent 3 years living and working in Afghanistan. She was especially noticed for having photographed on multiple occasions the Taliban in Afghanistan. Since 12 years, Vero works with her journalist friend, Manon Querouil Bruneel. The pair, take on challenging assignments in the most dangerous places on the planet, to look into the grey areas, refusing the usual black and white picture. They published 'Carnet de reportages du XXIem siècle' and 'Profession : Reporter'. Vero's work 'Afghanistan Insh'Allah' was exhibited in Visa pour l'Image in Perpignan in 2007, 'The Oil War in Nigeria' was exhibited in Bayeux festival for the war correspondents in 2011. In 2012, Vero was chosen by HBO to be part of the Witness program for her work on the Arrow Boys in South Sudan. Vero is a multi awarded photographer (Lagardère Young talent 2006, Canon female photographer 2006, Young photographer Scoop festival 2007, WPP 2009, Nikon War Photographer and Public War Photographer Bayeux festival 2010 Photographer of the year El Mundo 2016, Paris-Match Femme en Or 2015 and 2016)
En plus des bombardements de la coalition menée par l'Arabie Saoudite presque quotidiens qui parfois ciblent des civils, les Yéménites du nord, assiégés depuis trois ans, subissent une pénurie d'eau, de pétrole, de nourriture, de médicaments. Toutes les dix minutes, un enfant meurt, la plupart du temps d'une maladie tout à fait bénigne. Piégée, la population survit sous le joug du régime autoritaire Houthi. Les enfants soldats servent de chair à canon sur les lignes de front. Le pétrole, les aides humanitaires, les médicaments sont surtaxés par des corrompus du pouvoir. Par contre, les femmes yéménites s'émancipent, elles remplacent les hommes qui ont été tués ou blessés. Pas payées depuis plus d'un an, les infirmières restent fidèles au poste dans des hôpitaux en ruine, au secours de la population. Les étudiantes sont aujourd'hui plus nombreuses que les garçons à fréquenter l'université, décidées à prendre une part active dans cette société ultra traditionnelle. Amatullah, âgée d'à peine 17 ans, Premier ministre du gouvernement des enfants, n'a pas hésité à prendre les armes pour combattre la corruption rampante, arracher des griffes des généraux les enfants soldats ou à s'ériger contre les mariages précoces.
Manon et Véronique, journalistes indépendantes ayant reçu les plus prestigieuses récompenses pour leur travail, parcourent le monde, depuis une dizaine d'années, pour couvrir l'actualité la plus sensible. La première écrit, la seconde photographie. Sous couvert de jouer les blondes ingénues, elles prennent en réalité tous les risques sur le terrain pour exercer leur métier de journalistes. On les retrouve ainsi sur des fronts aussi différents que celui des lycéennes nigérianes enlevées par Boko Haram ou celui des combattantes kurdes contre l'état islamique en Irak...Cet ouvrage présente 8 reportages avec, à chaque fois, non seulement le récit des coulisses et les préparatifs de chacun de leur voyage, mais aussi leurs trucs de reporters, des portfolios d'images inédites, l'analyse des photographies les plus saisissantes, et, enfin, l'article tel qu'il est paru, souvent en exclusivité... Le tout sans jamais se départir du regard plein d'humour et de dérision qu'elles portent sur leurs vies de baroudeuses.Ce livre est un témoignage illustré inédit, un carnet de bord sur ce que signifie aujourd'hui être reporter dans le monde, et le portrait en filigrane de deux filles hors du commun ! Texts by Manon Querouil Bruneel
Tandem unique dans l'univers du grand reportage, parachuté aux 4 coins du monde au gré de l'actualité, Véronique de Viguerie et Manon Quérouil-Brunel posent dans Carnets de reportages un regard décalé sur le métier de grand reporter, à mi-chemin entre journal de bord intimiste et reportages de fond sur des événements d'actualité qui ont marqué ces trois dernières années. Des pirates de Somalie aux tueuses à gage de Colombie, en passant par les Talibans d'Afghanistan, Carnets de reportages rassemble une dizaine de reportages forts, dont certains jamais publiés, où personnages et enjeux humains sont résolument placés au centre des problématiques abordées. Le lecteur découvre la profession de grand reporter d'une nouvelle manière, au travers d'anecdotes, dessins, notes de terrain et photos personnelles en situation. Antithèses assumées, voire revendiquées, du viril baroudeur qui sillonne le monde en gilet multi-poches, ces deux blondes trentenaires disent tout des galères inhérentes au travail de terrain et à leur condition de free-lance, des difficultés mais également des avantages de leur condition de «femmes dans la guerre». Carnets de reportages emmène le lecteur en Colombie (Profession: tueuses à gage), Somalie (dans l'antre des pirates), Afghanistan (talibans), Irak (patrimoine culturel en danger, Pakistan, Soudan, la drôle de guerre des hommes-flèches, Chine (les forçats du high-tech). Un témoignage de l'intérieur sur l'actualité et ceux qui la font. Texts by Manon Querouil Bruneel
Craig Varjabedian's photographs of the American West illuminate his profound connection with the region and its people. His finely detailed images shine with an authenticity that reveals the ties between identity, place, and the act of perceiving. For Varjabedian, photography is a receptive process driven by openness to the revelation each subject offers, rather than by the desire to manipulate form or to catalog detail. He achieves this vision by capturing and suspending on film those decisive moments in which the elements and the spirit of a moment come together
Jacopo Maria Della Valle is an Italian travel photographer who fell in love with photography at young age thanks to the influence of his father. Since then he has travelled to Europe, the USA, Cuba, Morocco and all over Asia. He is the winner of AAP Magazine 12 B&W with his project Bull Jumping. We asked him a few questions about his life and work.
Giedo van der Zwan is a street photographer, writer and publisher from the Netherlands. He started working on a long-term project 'Pier to Pier' in 2017 and published his book in June 2018. He is the winner of AAP Magazine 8 Street. We asked him a few questions about his life and work.
Eli Klein Gallery has an international reputation as one of the foremost galleries specializing in contemporary Chinese art and continues to advance the careers of its represented artists and hundreds of other Chinese artists with whom it has collaborated. The Gallery has been instrumental in the loan of artworks by Chinese artists to over 100 museum exhibitions throughout the world. It has published 40 books/catalogues and organized more than 75 exhibitions of Chinese contemporary art at our prestigious venues in New York City.
Cayetano González is a talented Spanish photographer and cinematographer who found his calling when his grandfather lend him his Leica. Since then he has directed commercials and shot several covers of major magazines. His work is influenced by the painters he admires like Sorolla, Velázquez, Rembrandt and Delacroix.
Mauro De Bettio is an Italian photographer who lives in Spain. His pictures are a visual story able to highlight unseen or ignored realities. A vital tool that can help bring about social changes. He is the winner of AAP Magazine 11 Travels. We asked him a few questions about his life and work.
Stéphane Lavoué, is a French portrait photographer born in Mulhouse in 1976. He lives and works between Brittany and Paris. He is the winner of the Niépce Prize 2018. We asked him a few questions about his life and work.
Harvey Stein is a professional photographer, teacher, lecturer, author and curator based in New York City. He currently teaches at the International Center of Photography. Stein is a frequent lecturer on photography both in the United States and abroad. He was the Director of Photography at Umbrella Arts Gallery, located in the East Village of Manhattan from 2009 until 2019 when it lost its lease and closed. Stein's photographs have been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe, 86 one-person and over 165 group shows to date and has published eight books. We asked him a few questions about his life and work
Lisa Tichané is an advertising photographer whose work is entirely focused on babies and young kids. Based in France but travelling internationally for her clients, she is well known for her unique ability to connect with her tiny models and get irresistible images even from the most unpredictable, unwilling subjects. We asked her a dew questions about her life and work:
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