He views the human race with compassion, he respects others and is kind with life. He belongs to a generation of French photographers reluctant to over interpret its subjects. He developed a profound love for the Middle East and the desert, recurrent themes in his later work. In 1967 an encounter with Gilles Caron led to the founding of Gamma. They were assigned to the most troubled parts of the world: Africa, Vietnam and Cambodia. In 1969 Depardon made his first film (about Jan Pallach) and he has directed 16 films since then.
Media - A French photographer, film journalist and documentary maker.
His photography allow the spectator to think about the outcome/cause of the situation. 
Refugees with luggage travelling on truck
One of the most famous photographs taken of the Berlin Wall collapse
L'enfance abandonnée
Interviews with him ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQhJjMU-6c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPeZFkSrhg&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPeZFkSrhg&feature=relmfu
Interviews with him ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQhJjMU-6c
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPeZFkSrhg&feature=relmfu
This guy would be interesting to look into more if we decide on a theme that includes the algerian war.
ReplyDelete"l'hôpital américain. Il les ont trouvés et ont pu en sauver trois sur sept. Raymond a photographié « l'événement ». Ensuite, à leur arrivée à Tabalbala, le capitaine de la légion a fait appeler Depardon dans son bureau et lui a dit « il faut que vous me donniez vos films »."