Véronique de Viguerie
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Véronique de Viguerie is a French
photojournalist. She was noted for covering a story about an Afghan guerrilla group responsible for the Uzbin Valley ambush
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, she turned to photography, undertaking studies in Great Britain.
From 2004, she has worked as a freelance photographer, living in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2006. She then covered Columbia, Iraq, Somalia and Pakistan.
In 2008, Paris-Match sent her back to Afghanistan to cover "the Afghan side, after the ambush". She managed to gain the trust of the Taleans, whom she had met before, and obtain their authorisation to take photoraphs. The publication of these photographs caused an uproar in French public opinion.
France
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photojournalist. She was noted for covering a story about an Afghan guerrilla group responsible for the Uzbin Valley ambush
Uzbin Valley ambush
The Uzbin Valley ambush occurred when ISAF troops were ambushed by Afghan militants in eastern Afghanistan on 18 August 2008. It took place outside the village of Spēṟ Kunday, of the Surobi District of Kabul province and resulted in heavy casualties to the French ISAF contingent.A NATO report of...
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Biography
Viguerie was born in 1978 to radiologue Henry de Viguerie, who was also a keen amateur photographer. After obtaining a masted in Law in CarcassonneCarcassonne
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc.It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century,...
, she turned to photography, undertaking studies in Great Britain.
From 2004, she has worked as a freelance photographer, living in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2006. She then covered Columbia, Iraq, Somalia and Pakistan.
In 2008, Paris-Match sent her back to Afghanistan to cover "the Afghan side, after the ambush". She managed to gain the trust of the Taleans, whom she had met before, and obtain their authorisation to take photoraphs. The publication of these photographs caused an uproar in French public opinion.