Didier Lefèvre Explained

Didier Lefèvre
Birth Date:19 December 1957
Birth Place:France
Death Place:Morangis, Essonne, Paris, France
Nationality:French
Known For:Photography
Notable Works:The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders

Didier Lefèvre (1957–2007) was a French photojournalist.[1] His photos have appeared in many French magazines, including L'Express and .[2] He was best known for co-authoring with Emmanuel Guibert the book The Photographer, which told the story of his travels with a Médecins Sans Frontières mission during the Soviet–Afghan War.[3]

Lefèvre shot more than 4,000 photos on his 1986 MSF mission. He suffered from chronic furunculosis; he lost fourteen teeth after the MSF mission as a consequence of malnutrition, exhaustion, and stress from his experiences. Nonetheless, Lefèvre returned to Afghanistan seven more times later in life.[4]

Lefèvre was trained as a pharmacist.[5] He died from heart failure on 29 January 2007 at the age of 49.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Didier Lefevre est mort . Le Nouvel Observateur . 30 January 2007 . 10 October 2010 . French.
  2. Web site: Didier Lefèvre . Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières . 10 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821231644/http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/events/exhibits/thephotographer/didier-lefevre.cfm . 21 August 2010.
  3. Web site: Watson . Sasha . 'The Photographer' by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier . Los Angeles Times . May 31, 2009. 10 October 2010.
  4. Wolk, Douglas. "Book Review: 'The Photographer' By Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frédéric Lemercier," The Washington Post (31 May 2009)
  5. Thierry Lefebvre, " Mort d'un pharmacien photographe " (in French), Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, vol. 95, n o 357, 2008, p. 85-86 .