Camille Lepage

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Camille Lepage

Camille Lepage (born January 28, 1988 in Angers , Pays de la Loire , † May 12, 2014 in Gbambia, Central African Republic ) was a French journalist and photographer.

Life

After completing her baccalaureate at the Lycee Saint Martin, Camille Lepage studied economics and politics at the Intégral Ruedi Baur University in Paris. This was followed by a journalism degree from 2008 to 2012 at Southampton Solent University . During this time she worked as a freelancer for the American progressive magazine In These Times and the Los Angeles Times . This was followed by a job as a photographer for the Egyptian daily Al Masry Al Youm from June to September 2011 , before she went to South Sudan in early July 2012 after graduating in journalism .

Lepage reported on the civil war in Central Africa . She was killed on May 12, 2014 during a reporting trip to Hamadagaza in Gbambia around 60 km west of the city of Bouar . Soldiers from France's Operation Sangaris found her body on an anti-Balaka truck on Bouar-Bozoum Road on May 13, 2014 . Her death was announced by the Élysée Palace on May 13, 2014 .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jean Marius Zoumalde: Comment Camille Lepage a été assassinée! ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , lanouvellecentrafrique.info, May 15, 2014, accessed May 25, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lanouvellecentrafrique.info
  2. ↑ a b Camille Lepage - France | LinkedIn
  3. ↑ Kim Willsher: French photojournalist Camille Lepage killed in Central African Republic. theguardian.com, May 13, 2014, accessed May 14, 2014
  4. ^ Cairo through The Eyes of Camille Lepage
  5. ↑ French photojournalist murdered. sueddeutsche.de, May 14, 2014, accessed on May 14, 2014
  6. ↑ 26-year-old journalist murdered in Central Africa. welt.de, May 14, 2014, accessed on May 14, 2014
  7. ↑ Camille Lepage (January 28, 1988 - May 9, 2014)
  8. ↑ Simone Schlindwein: She had a mission. taz.de, May 14, 2014, accessed on May 14, 2014
  9. ↑ Press release of the French Presidential Office (French) ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 14, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.elysee.fr
  10. ^ French journalist killed in Central Africa Die Zeit May 14, 2014
  11. ^ Slide Show: Remembering Camille Lepage (1988-2014) The New Yorker May 14, 2014
  12. ↑ Central African Republic: French photojournalist Camille Lepage killed Der Spiegel May 14, 2014
  13. ^ Slain French Photographer Camille Lepage to receive Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Prize
  14. ↑ Camille Lepage reçoit le prix d'honneur de la fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
  15. ↑ Un prix posthumously pour l'Angevine Camille Lepage à Arles
  16. ↑ Photo Fans (China)
personal data
SURNAME Lepage, Camille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Angers , Pays de la Loire
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 2014
Place of death Gbambia, Central African Republic