Program
2009 Jury Chair
A major figure in the world of war correspondence. For over thirty-five years, Patrick Chauvel has photographed most of the conflicts that have raged in the world. He is one of the last of a generation of reporters who experienced the Six Day War, Vietnam, Cambodia, Ireland, Iran, Lebanon, Panama, Afghanistan, Israel, Chechnya... His images have been on the covers of the most prestigious media in the world. The author of numerous documentaries, he also wrote a book on the life of a war reporter, a bestseller: "Rapporteur de guerre".
Exhibitions
War here by Patrick ChauvelWhat if war was part of our daily life...?
"Congo on a knife-edge"Finbarr O'Reilly - Reuters
"Congo in Limbo"Cédric Gerbehaye - Vu Agency
"Post-election violence in Kenya"Yasuyoshi Chiba - Agence France-Presse
Battlespace – Unrealities of warPhotographs from Iraq and Afghanistan
2009 Results
Written Press
Christina LAMB – THE SUNDAY TIMES ”An impossible mission” – AFGHANISTAN
Photo
Walter ASTRADA – AFP ”Madagascar, a bloody political crisis”
Television
Paul COMITI – TF1 ”Afghan ambush” – AFGHANISTAN
Radio
Tim FRANKS – BBC NEWS ”A doctor from Gaza”
Grand Format television
Jeremy BOWEN – BBC NEWS ”Gaza – Out of the ruins”
Young Reporter Prize
Mohamed DAHIR – AFP ”Mogadishu, one of the most dangerous cities in the world”
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Paul COMITI – TF1 ”Afghan ambush” – AFGHANISTAN
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Célia Mercier – XXI ”Tarzan and Jane, Pashtun version” – PAKISTAN
General Public Prize
Jérôme DELAY – ASSOCIATED PRESS ”Trouble in Congo”