Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Arts Santa Mònica (Barcelona) dedicates an exhibition to Remi Ochlik's work

From May 3rd to June 2nd, Arts Santa Mónica (Barcelona) will be hosting a monographic exhibition to Remi Ochlik, the french photojournalist that was killed in Homs, Syria this past February 22nd.

Remi Ochlik was born in Eastern France on 1983. After graduating high school, he moved to Paris in order to study photography at Icart Photo School, around the same time, he interned for photography agency Wostok.

In year 2004, at the age of 20, he travelled to Haiti to photograph the riot scenes during the fall of president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. For Remi, this was his first experience in an armed conflict. His photos earned him the Francois Chalais Award for Young Reporters and was projected at the Visa pour l'Image International Photojournalism Festival.

In 2005, Remi founded his own photography agency, IP3 Press, with the intention of covering news in Paris and conflicts around the world.

In 2011, Remi photographed the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and the uprising and war in Lybia. His work has been published on Le Monde Magazine, VSD, Paris Match, Time and The Wall Street Journal.

Libya. spring 2011
© Rémi Ochlik / IP3

Way of Sirte, Libya Spring 2011
© Rémi Ochlik / IP3

Tunis, January 2011
© Rémi Ochlik / IP3

Portrait Rémi Ochlik
© Yoan Valat

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