Alexandra Boulat
Alexandra Boulat (born May 2, 1962 in Paris ; † October 5, 2007 there ) was a French war photographer .
biography
Alexandra Boulat was born in Paris in 1962. Her father Pierre Boulat (1925–1998) was an internationally renowned photographer who worked for many years for the American magazine Life . Boulat's mother Annie is the founder of the French photo agency Cosmo based in Paris.
After graduating from high school, Alexandra Boulat studied graphic design and art history at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and worked as a painter for a while before turning to photojournalism in 1989 and signing a contract with Sipa Press, a large French photo agency. In her pictures from war and crisis areas, Boulat tells human fates from an unusual point of view. She often accompanied refugees and women in their attempt to overcome obvious suffering. Her photos have appeared in stern , TIME Magazine , National Geographic Magazine and other print media around the world.
On September 9, 2001, she and eight other war photographers, including James Nachtwey and Gary Knight, founded the alternative agency VII , based in New York and Paris.
In 2003 she received the 2nd prize in the Art Stories category of the World Press Photo Award .
Boulat has lived in Ramallah since 2006 and divided her time between Paris and Palestine, the home of her partner, the director Issa Freij. Her latest works include photo reports from the occupied territories , everyday life under the Israeli occupation and the emergence of Hamas . In Germany, Alexandra Boulat became known through numerous exhibitions.
In June 2007, Boulat suffered a cerebral haemorrhage in Jerusalem . After an emergency operation, the photographer was flown to Paris. Without regaining consciousness, she died on October 5, 2007 at the age of 45.
Awards
- 2003: World Press Photo Award 2nd prize in the Art Stories category
Web links
- "Photojournalist Alexandra Boulat died" ( Memento from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Institute for Palestine Studies, October 6, 2007 (also with many photographs by Boulat and brief information on Agency VII , English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boulat, Alexandra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 2007 |
| Place of death | Paris |