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Jean Revillard
Swiss photojournalist (1967–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean Revillard (22 September 1967 – 3 January 2019) was a Swiss photojournalist and winner of two World Press Photo awards in 2008 and 2009.[1]
Biography
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Revillard attended the School of Business and Engineering Vaud with Luc Chessex, Jesus Moreno, and Christian Caujolle. After graduating, he became a journalist for Le Nouveau Quotidien and L'Hebdo.
In 2001, he founded Rezo.ch, which was the first online photography agency in French-speaking Switzerland.[2]
In 2010, he became a photographer for Bertrand Piccard's Solar Impulse Project.
Jean Revillard died of a heart attack while filming in Huelgoat, Brittany on 4 January 2019.
Revillard won his 2008 World Press Photo award for his work on Calais migrant shacks.[3] He won another World Press Photo award in 2009, along with a prize from the City of Prague.[4][5][6]
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