2002 saw the beginning of his continued interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as he tried to analyse the disappointment and revolt provoked by the failure of the Oslo Accords. He went on to do more reporting in Hebron and Gaza, then focused on the rampant economic and social crisis in Israel, before taking up the Kurdish question in Turkey and Irak.
In 2006 he was awarded two distinctions in the Prix Photographie
ouverte from Charleroi Photography Museum. A year later his work “Gaza : pluies d’été” [Gaza: Summer rains] received special acclaim in the Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents.
For Cédric Gerbehaye, the act of photography is a way of seeking out not only the complexity of differing realities, providing evidence of them, and trying to understand them, but also of getting closer to others while informing, with a subjectivity he readily assumes.
Since 2007, he has made regular visits to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has become a member of the VU’ agency.
His work “Congo in limbo” has earned him seven international distinctions, including a World Press Photo Award, The Amnesty International Media Award and the Olivier Rebbot Award from the Overseas Press Club of America.
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