AFP wins four awards at the World Press Photo 2019
The 2019 edition of the World Press Photo honours 3 AFP photographers.
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The 2019 edition of the World Press Photo honours 3 AFP photographers.
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.
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.
An AFP team has won a Covering Climate Now award for the video story “Coastal Cities face their mortality on the climate "frontline" by Kelly Macnamara, Robin Simmonds, Antoine Demaison, Florence Goisnard, Sam Jahan, Jan Hennop, Sonia Logre, Giovanna Girardi, and Rachel O’brien.
Re-elected as AFP chairman on October 12, 2008.
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