Awards

17/11/2014 - 19:24

AFP photographer Bulent Kilic receives four distinctions at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar photo

The Best Portfolio category First Place – Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse http://www.photojournalism.org/contest/winners/2014/best-portfolio/ News Picture Story First Place – Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse Honorable Mention – Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse

17/10/2014 - 16:35

Philippine journalist receives AFP Kate Webb Prize

Multimedia journalist Patricia Evangelista received the 2014 Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse on Friday for her compelling reporting on conflict and disaster in her native Philippines.

13/10/2014 - 14:02

AFP wins the Bayeux-Calvados Photo award for war correspondents

AFP photographer Mohammed Al-Shaikh and the BBC's Lyse Doucet were among the winners at the annual Bayeux-Calvados awards for war correspondents announced on Saturday in Bayeux, northwestern France. Three of the seven prizes went to coverage of the conflict in Syria, where a devastating civil war has raged for the past three and a half years.

07/07/2014 - 13:14

Reporter from Philippines wins AFP’s Kate Webb Prize

Multimedia journalist Patricia Evangelista has won the Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for her compelling reporting on conflict and disaster in her native Philippines.

15/05/2014 - 12:42

AFP partners with the French Consulate in Los Angeles for the centennial of ROMAIN GARY’s birth

  The Consulate General of France in Los Angeles is honoring the centennial of Romain Gary’s birth on Thursday May 15th with a book signing by his biographer David Bellos and a cocktail reception at the Egyptian Theatre, followed by a screening and discussion of The Roots of Heaven (film adaptation of Gary’s novel by director John Huston).

25/04/2014 - 12:34

AFP photographer Pedro Armestre picks up eight prizes in 2014

  AFP photographer Pedro Armestre, recently recovered from a goring by a fighting bull, on Thursday won his eighth photography prize so far in 2014, a haul earned for images ranging from thrill-seekers at the Pamplona bull-run to raging wildfires.  

17/04/2014 - 18:06

AFP photographers honoured in China awards

The China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) 2014 rewarded five AFP photographers.

06/04/2014 - 19:05

AFP honoured at Asia human rights media awards

Agence France-Presse received three honours at the Human Rights Press Awards held in Hong Kong Sunday for articles and photography covering South Asia that judges praised for their depth of quality and ambition.

25/02/2014 - 12:21

Two AFP photographers win World Press Photo 2014 Awards

French AFP photographers Philippe Lopez and Jeff Pachoud have won first prizes in the “Spot News Single” and “Sport Feature Single” categories of the annual World Press Photo Awards.

29/10/2013 - 12:53

AFP photographer wins Simon Bolivar Prize

Colombia’s Simon Bolivar Prize has been awarded to AFP photographer Luis Robayo, the second consecutive year a journalist from the agency has won the country’s top photo prize.