Tag: Paul Marchand

Gary Knight :

Like many French journalists and photographers Paul Marchand drove a small car – often liberated from a car hire company – at a time when many English speaking journalists were choosing armoured cars. As protection he had a handwritten sign on his rear window saying “Don’t shoot me – I am invincible”. Well, he was invincible, until he was – perhaps inevitably – shot. Shot in the arm by a 50 calibre machine gun at Sarajevo airport. He lost a few inches of arm but his enthusiasm remained undeterred and his behaviour was unchanged.