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13/06/2013 - 08:30 -

AFP, a partner in Women’s Forum Brazil 2013

For the second year in a row, AFP is participating in Women’s Forum Brazil on 17 and 18 June in São Paolo.
12/06/2013 - 08:45 - prize

AFP photographers dominate awards at international Sportfolio festival

AFP photographers scooped two gold medals, one silver and two bronze as the agency’s photographers dominated the annual Sportsfolio photo festival in Narbonne, France.
31/05/2013 - 12:30 -

Live AFP video of France's first same-sex wedding

AFP has broadcast live video of France’s first same-sex wedding, which has been held in the southern city of Montpellier, on Wednesday May 29. Two AFP cameras – one inside and one outside the city hall – have covered the wedding, which has attracted huge international interest.
15/05/2013 - 09:45 -

AFP: once again a proud partner in the epic "Cannes fait le mur" exhibit

For the second year in a row, Agence France-Presse is teaming up with the city of Cannes to present “Cannes fait le mur”. For the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, this exhibit features 17 larger-than-life photographic portraits of stars displayed on Rue d’Antibes and around the city from 15 May to 30 June 2013.

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25/04/2013 - 08:45 - prize

AFP receives the CAPA Gold Medal and four Awards from the North American Press Photographer's Association

The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award goes to Fabio Bucciarelli and the "National Press Photographers Association" (NPPA) honors four AFP photographer-reporters in its annual "the Best of photojournalism" competition.
16/04/2013 - 10:30 - prize

Javier Manzano, a freelance photographer for AFP, wins the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography

Javier Manzano, a freelance photographer working for Agence France-Presse, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography on Monday April 15 for a photograph of two Syrian rebels guarding their position in the embattled city of Aleppo. It is the second year in a row that a photographer working for AFP has been awarded the most prestigious US journalism prize after Massoud Hossaini of Afghanistan won in the Breaking News category in 2012
15/04/2013 - 14:45 - prize

AFP photographer honoured at the Human Rights Press Awards

AFP Dhaka photographer Munir uz Zaman has been honoured at an Asian media awards ceremony for a "heart-wrenching" series of images of penniless Rohingya refugees striving in vain to flee communal bloodshed in Myanmar.
02/04/2013 - 15:00 - prize

Three AFP photojournalists receive awards at the China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP)

The China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) 2013 rewarded three AFP photographers.

@AFPcom - 10/06/2013 - 10:28
Revoir l'émission Tous Politiques du 9 juin, invité : Jean-Luc Mélenchon http://t.co/TUKMdEITbq
@AFPcom - 07/06/2013 - 12:34
AFP nimmt mit preisgekrönten Arbeiten an Berliner Fotofestival teil http://t.co/jgohdBKpht
@AFPcom - 07/06/2013 - 12:34
L’AFP expose un best-of de ses photos de 2012 au festival de photo de Berlin, The Browse http://t.co/AJ9DOMzt3W
@AFPcom - 07/06/2013 - 12:34
AFP shows the work of its award winning photographers during a photo festival in Berlin http://t.co/bYi1eMrbwF

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