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Police clear Australian artist of pornography
- 2008-06-06
SYDNEY AFP — An Australian artist whose photographs of a naked adolescent boy and girl sparked accusations of child pornography and led to the seizure of his work will not be charged, police said Friday. Prosecutors had advised that there was "no reasonable prospect of a successful conviction" over...
Australian PM under fire in row over art and pornography
- 2008-05-25
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's arts community reacted with anger and amazement Monday to the closure of a photo exhibition of naked children and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's condemnation of the images as "revolting". Playwright Michael Gow said the treatment of respected Australian photographer Bill Henson, whose exhibition of images...
Berlin art exhibit facing Islamic threats reopens: report
- 2008-03-03
COPENHAGEN AFP — An exhibition by Danish artists in Berlin that closed last week after receiving threats over a photo deemed to be offensive to Muslims will reopen its doors on Tuesday, organisers said. "We have been informed by the authorities in Distrikt Mitte that the exhibition is reopening...
Vanity Fair photos featured at London's National Portrait Gallery
- 2008-02-13
LONDON AFP — Charlie Chaplin will rub shoulders with princess Diana, Madonna and Americans presidents past and present at an exhibition of 150 photographs published by legendary magazine Vanity Fair that opens Thursday in London. "Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008" will be open to the public until May 26...
War photographer Don McCullin unveils retrospective in Madrid
- 2007-12-04
MADRID AFP — Don McCullin, one of the greatest war photographers of the 20th century, unveils a retrospective of his work in Madrid on Wednesday, a mirror of the conflicts that have wracked the planet in the past 40 years. It will be the Briton's first major exhibition in...
From camera to canvas: David Lynch art show opens in Paris
- 2007-03-01
PARIS AFP — Filmmaker and master of enigma David Lynch on Thursday unveiled half a century of his little-known work as a painter, draftsman and photographer, in a major new exhibition in Paris. From giant mixed-medium canvases to tiny landscapes painted on matchboxes, photographs, sketches and countless doodles, the...
Rome exhibition gives brutal insight into Mafia murders
- 2006-05-08
ROME AFP — A photo exhibition in Rome has shocked visitors with its brutal records of Mafia killings, blowing away the romanticised and sanitised image of Cosa Nostra. The pictures were taken in the Sicilian capital Palermo from the start of the 1980s by a team of photographers working...
A century of history on the catwalks at Paris show
- 2006-03-11
PARIS AFP — Models have been showing off designer clothes for over a century, but with time the shows have moved from the intimacy of a designer's salon to the huge, costly spectacles beamed around the world today. "Showtime" at the Paris city fashion museum Galliera brings together more...
Gritty news photos show great convulsions of the world
- 2005-08-30
PERPIGNAN, France AFP — A major exhibition in southern France of images by press photographers is a heart-rending catalog of the world's miseries, and a reminder of the hazards of trying to capture them on film. That danger was underlined on Sunday in Baghdad, where a Reuters television soundman...
Andre Kertesz photos shown for first time
- 2005-02-04
WASHINGTON AFP — American photographer Andre Kertesz began his career 70 years ago taking family portraits in his native Hungary before heading to picturesque Paris and bustling New York City. The National Gallery of Art retrospective of some 120 photos taken by the late photographer, includes never-before exhibited pictures....
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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