Françoise Demulder

Françoise Demulder (9 June 1947 3 September 2008) was a French war photographer who in 1976 became the first woman to win the World Press Photo of the Year award. The winning image was a black and white photo of a Palestinian woman raising her hands at a masked militiaman in Beirut's war-ravaged La Quarantaine district.

Françoise Demulder
Demulder (1977)
Born(1947-06-09)June 9, 1947
Paris, France
DiedSeptember 3, 2008(2008-09-03) (aged 61)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forPhotography
AwardsWorld Press Photo of the Year (1977)
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