Monique Jacot

Monique Jacot (1934 – 6 August 2024) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist.^[1] Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.^[2]

Jacot in the 1980s

Early life and education

Jacot studied at the école des Arts et Métiers de Vevey from 1953 to 1956. Gertrude Fehr was one of her professors.^[3][4]

Career

Jacot was among the first women photojournalists.^[4] She travelled to Yemen frequently in the 1980s, and provided reporting for numerous noted magazines and newspapers, including Camera, Elle, L'Illustré, Schweizer Illustrierte, Du, Réalités, and Vogue Paris.^[5] Àlso in the 1980s, Jacot published several works on the conditions faced by women: Femmes de la terre in 1989, on the subject of Swiss women working in agriculture,^[6] Printemps de femmes in 1994 and Cadences : l'usine au féminin in 1999.^[3][4] During her career she was a staff photographer for the World Health Organization.^[6]

Jacot died on 6 August 2024, at the age of 89.^[7]

Publications

• Femmes de la terre (1989)^[6]
• Printemps de femmes (1994)^[3][4]
• Cadences : l'usine au féminin (1999)^[3][4]

Awards

• 1974: Federal prize for Applied Arts^[8]
• 2005: Grand prize in photography from the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture^[9]
• 2020: Grand Prize in Design, on the recommendation of the Swiss Design Commission^[10][11]

Collections

Jacot's work is included in the following permanent collection:

• Museum of Fine Arts Houston: 6 prints (as of 20 October 2024)^[2]