His interest in photography was sparked when, at the age of 8, he watched the first live television images of the Apollo 11 mission landing on the moon. It was then that he realized the importance of news and historic moments, not to mention capturing them on film.
Bouvet worked as a staff photographer at the French photo agency Gamma during the 1980s, and launched his freelance career in 1990. He first won international recognition with his 1986 pictures of the rescue efforts in the aftermath of a volcano eruption in Omeyra, Colombia. Since then, Bouvet has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Chechnya, Sudan, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, Lebanon, Israel. Northern Ireland, Kurdistan, Suriname and Burundi.
He has covered major international events including the funeral of the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran, the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Prague’s Velvet Revolution, the U.S. attack on Libya, the release of Nelson Mandela, and various Olympic Games.
He has also worked on many ‘society’ stories including life in Russian jails, young sailors on aircraft carriers, French police working in the Paris suburbs, France’s last coal miners, and life at a pediatric clinic for children with cancer.
His work has been published in many international magazines including Time, Life, Newsweek, Paris-Match, Stern, and The Sunday Times Magazine. He has also led photographic campaigns for various NGOs and charities including Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), International Red Cross, Medecins du Monde (MDM) and Action Against Hunger (ACF).
Along the way, Bouvet has received five World Press Awards, as well as the Visa d’Or, the Prix Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents, and the Prix Paris-Match 2000 Award.
Since 1990, Bouvet has been working as an independent photojournalist.
>>>Eric Bouvet
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