Pierre Terdjman on Empathy
Pierre Terdjman on Empathy
Photojournalist Pierre Terdjman discusses the importance of empathy to the work of a photojournalist, and how he approaches assignments where he might encounter suffering or those in need of help.
Pierre Terdjman is a French documentary photographer based in Paris, and the co- founder/director of Dysturb, an alternative media movement. He started his career for the left-wing Israeli daily Haaretz where he covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He moved back to France in 2007 to work as a staff photographer at Gamma agency till 2009. Since then, he has worked as a freelance photographer for The New York Times, GQ Magazine and Paris-Match on post-electoral violence in Kenya, on the Russian-Georgian conflict, in Afghanistan and on the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. More recently, he covered the fall of Ben Ali in Tunisia, the fall of Mubarak in Egypt, the liberation struggle against Gaddafi in Libya, as well as the conflict in Central African Republic. He has also collaborated as a video director with NGOs such as AFD (Agence Française de développement) and Unicef, to document their projects in Niger and the Ivory Coast. His is represented by Myriam Bouagal Gallery in Paris.
Pierre Terdjman is a French documentary photographer based in Paris, and the co- founder/director of Dysturb, an alternative media movement. He started his career for the left-wing Israeli daily Haaretz where he covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He moved back to France in 2007 to work as a staff photographer at Gamma agency till 2009. Since then, he has worked as a freelance photographer for The New York Times, GQ Magazine and Paris-Match on post-electoral violence in Kenya, on the Russian-Georgian conflict, in Afghanistan and on the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. More recently, he covered the fall of Ben Ali in Tunisia, the fall of Mubarak in Egypt, the liberation struggle against Gaddafi in Libya, as well as the conflict in Central African Republic. He has also collaborated as a video director with NGOs such as AFD (Agence Française de développement) and Unicef, to document their projects in Niger and the Ivory Coast. His is represented by Myriam Bouagal Gallery in Paris.
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