Olivier Jobard
Born in 1970, Olivier Jobard graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieur Louis Lumière photo school in 1991. In 2004, he was the first photographer to cover the Darfur conflict and was the only Western journalist to enter Fallujah.
A veteran of international and civil conflict, Olivier Jobard has documented the human consequences of war across the globe: Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Chechnya and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia.
In his 14 years with Sipa Press, he has earned numerous grants and awards: including the Scoop d’ Angers (1996 and 1997), the Fuji Professional award (1996 and 1998) and the Picture of the Year award (2000). In 2004, he was honored with the Visa d’Or at Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan, for his humanitarian reportage on the Darfur conflict.
That same year he also received the Grand Prix Paris-Match for his photographs of illegal African immigrants fleeing their continent for Europe. The Clandestine Crossings was recently exhibited in his first solo show at the Château d’Eau in Toulouse.
Jobard’s appearance is supported with the help of Nikon Professional
John Harrington’s built a photography business that’s been successful, with income rising ten-fold since inception. In May of 2007 John was honored at the United Nations with their 2007 Leadership Award.