François Lochon
François Lochon (born 16 May 1954) is a French photojournalist. He started his career at the Gamma agency in 1974. He has written reports from 140 countries.
François Lochon
- Born
- 1954 · Trigny.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- journalist · photographer · photojournalist
- Honours
- Grand prix Paris Match du photojournalisme
- Languages
- French
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François Lochon (born 16 May 1954) is a French photojournalist. He started his career at the Gamma agency in 1974. He has written reports from 140 countries.
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He won three prizes for his work at the World Press Photo contest and was rewarded as best reporter by the French magazine Paris Match in 1984 for a report on the Iran-Iraq war. After that, he wrote reports mostly on Pope John Paul II and on Antarctica where he stayed for six months. There was a display of his best photographs at the Luxembourg Garden in the 5th arrondissement of Paris in 2008.
The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Gamma and Gamma-Rapho. Distinctions recorded are Grand prix Paris Match du photojournalisme.
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