Françoise Demulder was a French war photographer who in 1977 became the first woman to win the 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.
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FranceCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2008 · aged 61
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