Rémi Ochlik
Rémi Ochlik (born October 16, 1983 in Thionville , Moselle department , † February 22, 2012 in Homs , Syria ) was a French photographer .
Life
Ochlik studied photography at icart photo in Paris and began his career as a crisis reporter in Haiti in 2004 . A year later he founded the photo agency IP3 Press and was awarded the Prix des Espoirs . This was followed by work on the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) and reports from what happened after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti . His picture of an insurgent during the civil war in Libya was named one of the 2012 press photos .
On February 22, 2012, Ochlik was killed in an artillery attack on a house in Bab al-Amr, a district of Homs, during the civil war in Syria . Journalist Marie Colvin also died in the attack and other Western journalists were injured.
Awards
- 2005: Prix des Espoirs
- 2012: World Press Photo - General News
Web links
- War reporter dies in a hail of shells , Berliner Morgenpost, February 23, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ Profiles: Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik . BBC News, February 22, 2012
- ↑ The excellent picture on the World Press Photo page
- ^ Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin killed in Syria . Sunday Times, February 22, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ochlik, Rémi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French war photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thionville , Moselle department |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2012 |
| Place of death | Homs , Syria |