Tag: Edouard Elias

  • Getty Images at Visa pour l’Image 2015 – The Eye of Photography

    Getty Images at Visa pour l’Image 2015 Five international photographers from Getty Images are currently exhibited in part of Festival Visa pour l’image until to September 13th 2015 : Lynsey Addario (Syrian Refugees in the Middle East), Daniel Berehulak (The Ebola Epidemic for The New York Times), Alejandro Cegarra (Living with the Legacy of Hugo…

  • Edouard Elias: The Foreigners « The Leica Camera

    Edouard Elias: The Foreigners Since the end of 2013, France has sent more than 1200 soldiers to the Central African Republic – including a large number of foreign legionnaires. They come from different countries and fight for a common cause: the end of the civil war. Photographer Edouard Elias accompanied the troops. We spoke with…

  • French journalists kidnapped in Syria freed

    French journalists kidnapped in Syria freed

    French journalists kidnapped in Syria freed Four journalists found on the Turkish border with Syria after being kidnapped last June by al-Qaeda-linked group. Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/04/kidnapped-french-journalists-syria-freed-201441993721332280.html “Edouard Elias , Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres are in good health, despite the extremely harsh conditions of their captivity. They will arrive in  France in the next…

  • French government confirms abducted journalists are still alive

    French government confirms abducted journalists are still alive On 07 June, Edouard Elias, a 23-year-old French photographer, and journalist Didier François disappeared in Syria while on assignment for the French radio station Europe 1. Both men were were travelling to Aleppo in Syria when they were abducted by four a via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2298969/french-government-confirms-abducted-journalists-are-still-alive…

  • United Nations’ Security Council to debate protection of journalists

    Link: United Nations’ Security Council to debate protection of journalists – British Journal of Photography The debate will take place as two French journalists, including photographer Edouard Elias, are still missing in Syria after being abducted on 07 June. According to French authorities, both journalists are still alive.

  • Two journalists, including photographer Edouard Elias, abducted in Syria

    Two journalists, including photographer Edouard Elias, abducted in Syria According to Le Monde and BBC News, the two journalists, Didier François and Edouard Elias, were travelling to Aleppo in Syria when they were abducted by four armed men at a checkpoint on Thursday. Speaking from Japan, French president François Hollande h via British Journal of Photography: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2273427/two-journalists-including-photographer-edouard-elias-abducted-in-syria French…