Veronique de Viguerie

Veronique de Viguerie is an award-winning freelance photo journalist from France. Her images are often featured in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times and several other respected publications. Viguerie sparked controversy when her images of Taliban fighters wearing the uniforms of the French soldiers they had killed were featured in the magazine Paris Match.¹

Fast Facts

Age: 29 years old

Covers events in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Somalia, India and Bangladesh

Her photos of Taliban wearing the uniforms of the French soldiers they killed were criticized¹

The controversial photos were featured in an eight-page-spread in Paris Match¹

French Defence Minister Herve Morin said the photos were helping the Taliban to spread propaganda²

The Mahalo Top 7

ParisMatch.com: Our Journalists Have Found the Taliban... English Translation
Lightstalkers: Veronique De Viguerie, Photoreporter
The Digital Journalist: What We Go Through For a Story: Viguerie (December 2007)
Holdthefrontpage.co.uk: Echo Photographer to Give up Job... (August 12, 2004)
Telegraph: French Fury at Paris Match Photos of Taliban Fighters... (September 5, 2008)
Guardian Unlimited: Afghanistan: Paris Match Pictures 'Promoting Taliban' (September 5, 2008)
Youtube Video: Interview Veronique de Viguerie (Time: 1:58)