| Jacques Pavlovsky | |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France |
| Death Place: | Urrugne, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Occupation: | Photojournalist |
| Education: | Beaux-Arts de Paris |
Jacques Pavlovsky (1931 – 15 October 2023) was a French photojournalist.[1]
Born in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 1931, Jacques was the son of architect André Pavlovsky and Yvonne Longi. He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and subsequently the École de photographie et de cinéma.[2] After serving in the Algerian War, he moved to Paris and joined the Rapho news agency, directed by . During this time, he began to pursue press photography within the agency, covering French politics, May 68, the death of Charles de Gaulle, and the election of Georges Pompidou.
In April 1974, Pavlovsky joined the Sygma photo agency at the invitation of .[2] He met numerous popular reporters at this time, such as,,, Jean-Pierre Laffont, William Karel,, and . He notably reported on the Fall of Saigon,[3] the death of Francisco Franco, the accession of Juan Carlos I, the inauguration of Saddam Hussein,[4] and the Iran–Iraq War. His reports were published in Newsweek, The Times, and Paris Match.
Jacques Pavlovsky died in Urrugne on 15 October 2023, at the age of 92.[5]