The world of photographic journalism was in mourning today (Sep 4th 2008) after the news that that celebrated French war photographer Francoise Demulder had died at the age of 61.
She is most famous for being the first woman to win the World Press Photo award in 1976 with her picture of Palestinian refugees in the La Quarantaine district fleeing Beirut's civil war.
At the time she professed a hatred of war, but felt compelled to document the side of the innocents who suffer amid the carnage.
Demulder, nicknamed Fifi, covered many major conflicts of the 20th century, having originally set off with her camera for Vietnam at the age of just 19. For the next three decades she covered Cambodia, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq for French and international publications, such as Time, Life and Newsweek.
She was considered among her peers as one of the most courageous photographers on the front line.
She died from a heart attack at a Paris hospital.
Thursday 4 September 2008
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