Jean Revillard
Jean Revillard (22 September 1967 – 3 January 2019) was a Swiss photojournalist and winner of two World Press Photo awards in 2008 and 2009.
Jean Revillard
- Name
- Jean Revillard
- Born
- 22 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Died
- 3 January 2019
- Place of death
- Huelgoat, France
- Occupation
- Photojournalist
- Full name
- Jean Charles Joseph Revillard.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Honours
- Swiss Press Award.
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Jean Revillard (22 September 1967 – 3 January 2019) was a Swiss photojournalist and winner of two World Press Photo awards in 2008 and 2009.
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• Name — Jean Revillard • Born — 22 September 1967 • Birthplace — Geneva, Switzerland • Died — 3 January 2019 • Place of death — Huelgoat, France • Occupation — Photojournalist
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Revillard attended the School of Business and Engineering Vaud with Luc Chessex, Jesus Moreno, and Christian Caujolle. After graduating, he became a journalist for Le Nouveau Quotidien and L'Hebdo. In 2001, he founded Rezo.ch, which was the first online photography agency in French-speaking Switzerland. In 2010, he became a photographer for Bertrand Piccard's Solar Impulse Project. Jean Revillard died of a heart attack while filming in Huelgoat, Brittany on 4 January 2019. Revillard won his 2008 World Press Photo award for his work on Calais migrant shacks. He won another World Press Photo award in 2009, along with a prize from the City of Prague. His archives were donated to the Library of Geneva
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- 1.Impulse, Solar. Solar Impulse Foundation: 1000 profitable solutions for the environment. solarimpulse.com.
- 2.Jean Revillard, mort d'un éclaireur. Le Temps. 5 January 2019.
- 3.Jean Revillard. World Press Photo. 2008–2009.
- 4.Le photographe genevois Jean Revillard est décédé. RTS. 5 January 2019.
- 5.Jean Revillard, photographe, 1967. Swiss Press Award 19.
- 6.Jungles. Abris de fortune aux abords de la Manche. Le Monde diplomatique. March 2010.
- 7.Inventory of the Photographic Archives Collection of Jean Revillard. Centre d'iconographie de la Bibliothèque de Genève. 2025.
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