François Lochon - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	16-May-1954
Place of Birth	Trigny (Marne)
Nationality	France
Profession	Photographer
FranÃ§ois Lochon is a French photojournalist. He started his career at the Gamma agency in 1974. He has written reports from 140 different countries. He won three prizes for his work at the World Press Photo contest and was rewarded as best reporter by the French magazine Paris Match in 1984 for a report on the Iran-Iraq war. After that, he wrote reports mostly on Pope John Paul II and on Antarctica where he stayed for six months. There was a display of his best photographs at the Luxembourg Gardens in 2008.

Awards by François Lochon

Check all the awards nominated and won by François Lochon.

1981

World Press Photo Award for General News

Honored for : 1981 World Press Photo Award for General News winning photo

(Single)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for General News	1981 World Press Photo Award for General News winning photo Single

1980

World Press Photo Award for General News

Honored for : Gwangju Democratization Movement In South Korea in 1980

(Color Picture Stories)

World Press Photo Award for Spot News

Honored for : 1980 World Press Photo Award for Spot News winning portfolio

(Stories)

World Press Photo Award for People in the News

Honored for : 1980 World Press Photo Award for People in the News winning photo

(Single)

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for People in the News	1980 World Press Photo Award for People in the News winning photo Single
World Press Photo Award for Spot News	1980 World Press Photo Award for Spot News winning portfolio Stories
World Press Photo Award for General News	Gwangju Democratization Movement In South Korea in 1980 Color Picture Stories

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