1976. I’m 20 years old and hitchhiking following a girl in Lebanon. A Christian family involved in the conflict is putting me up. I find myself in the middle…
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I had never been to Dubrovnik, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, before the fall of 1991. For days and days, the city and its ramparts were…
Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport. I had got in from Iran the night before and was waiting for the 5 o’clock flight for Ankara. After covering the Iranian side of the conflict, Göksin…
Starting with the election of John Paul II to the papacy, history in Poland picked up speed. When strikes began in the Gdansk shipyards, being Polish, I suggested to…
The Gamma Photo agency has launched its first iPad app, Gamma Rapho Le Magazine. Directed by Paul Kayat and François Lochon, this photo magazine will soon be available for download…
I’m 26 years old when I leave New York, my boyfriend and my job as a photo editor, to cover the war of liberation in Rhodesia. Why? I love Africa,…
I had joined Sipa the year before. I photographed stars and royalty, like Caroline and Stephanie of Monaco, at a time when photographers talked to the people they followed as…
For the last 24 years, the celebrated French magazine PHOTO dedicate its September issue to the Visa pour l’Image festival. This year is no exception, and for the occasion,…
t’s the spring of 1977, a few years ago now, and I’m covering legends of pop music like the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Bob Marley. This time I know…
I discovered photography during a summer job in Saint-Lunaire in Brittany, France. A friend and I decided to take photographs of vacationers, on the beach or under sail, and sell…