Awards & Winners

Françoise Demulder

Date of Birth 09-June-1947
Place of Birth Paris
(ÃŽle-de-France, France, Seine)
Nationality France
Profession Photographer
Françoise Demulder was a French war photographer who in 1976 became the first woman to win the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year award. The winning image was a black-and-white photo of a Palestinian woman raising her hands at a masked militiaman in Beirut's war-ravaged La Quarantaine district. Demulder died on 3 September 2008 aged 61, having suffered a heart attack at a hospital in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret.

Awards by Françoise Demulder

Check all the awards nominated and won by Françoise Demulder.

1976


World Press Photo Award for Spot News
Honored for : 1976 World Press Photo Award for Spot News winning photo
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World Press Photo of the Year
Honored for : World Press Photo of the Year 1976

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo of the Year World Press Photo of the Year 1976
World Press Photo Award for Spot News 1976 World Press Photo Award for Spot News winning photo
Single