Gilles Caron

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Gilles Caron (born July 8, 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , † April 5, 1970 in Cambodia ) was a French photographer and photojournalist.

Life

His father was a French insurance manager and his mother was Scottish . Caron grew up in Argentière and studied journalism in Paris . During his military service in Algeria from 1959 onwards, he refused to fight the coup generals in 1961 and was imprisoned for two months. He married in 1962 and his daughter was born the following year, the second daughter in 1967. In 1964 he worked for the fashion photographer Patrice Molinard. From 1956 he was employed by Agence Parisienne d'Informations Sociales and made a name for himself as a photographer. In 1967 he founded the Gamma agency with Raymond Depardon, Hubert Henrotte, Jean Monteux, and Hugues Vassal. As a photo reporter from Israel he reported on the Six Day War , in 1967 on the Battle of Dak To in Vietnam, in 1968 from Biafra as well as on the French student unrest and from Mexico on the Tlatelolco massacre . In 1969 he documented the Northern Ireland conflict in the troubled cities of Belfast and Londonderry . This leads to the photos of May 1968 in Paris features a black and white image that Daniel Cohn-Bendit in eye contact with a member of the compagnies républicaines de sécurité before the Sorbonne shows.

In 1969 he devoted himself to reporting on the Northern Ireland conflict and the anniversary of the end of the Prague Spring .

In April 1970 he was in Cambodia when King Norodom Sihanouk was ousted. Caron disappeared on April 5 with two French colleagues, Guy Hannoteaux and Michel Visot, on the road between Phnom Penh and Saigon , which was controlled by the Khmer Rouge .

Aftermath

In memory of Gilles Caron and his work, the Fondation Gilles Caron , based in Geneva, was founded. The president of the foundation is Marianne Caron, his widow. His works have been shown in a variety of exhibitions since his death.

Exhibitions (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ Benjamin Drechsel: Daniel Cohn-Bendit in confrontation with a uniformed man on the side of the Democracy Center Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Caron, Gilles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French photographer and photojournalist
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuilly-sur-Seine
DATE OF DEATH April 5th 1970
Place of death Cambodia