Didier_Lefèvre

Didier Lefèvre

Didier Lefèvre

French photojournalist

Didier Lefèvre (1957–2007) was a French photojournalist.[1] His photos have appeared in many French magazines, including L'Express and Éditions Ouest France [fr].[2] He was best known for co-authoring with Emmanuel Guibert the book The Photographer, which told the story of his travels with a Médecins Sans Frontières mission during the Soviet–Afghan War.[3]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Lefèvre shot more than 4,000 photos on his 1986 MSF mission. He suffered from chronic furunculosis; he lost fourteen teeth after the MSF mission as a consequence of malnutrition, exhaustion, and stress from his experiences. Nonetheless, Lefèvre returned to Afghanistan seven more times later in life.[4]

Lefèvre was trained as a pharmacist.[5] He died from heart failure on 29 January 2007 at the age of 49.[1]

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    "Didier Lefevre est mort". Le Nouvel Observateur (in French). 30 January 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Didier Lefèvre". Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  3. [3]
    Watson, Sasha (31 May 2009). "'The Photographer' by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  4. [4]
    Wolk, Douglas. "Book Review: 'The Photographer' By Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier," The Washington Post (31 May 2009)
  5. [5]
    Thierry Lefebvre, " Mort d'un pharmacien photographe " (in French), Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, vol. 95, n o 357, 2008, p. 85-86 .


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