Jean-Marc Bouju (born 1961) is a Los Angeles–based French photographer who won the World Press Photo of the Year award in 2004.
[1][3] He has worked in Nicaragua, Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zaire, and Iraq.
[1][6] In 2004, Bouju won the World Press Photo of the Year award for his 2003 photograph of US prisoner of war comforting his son while being held in near Najaf.
[7][8][9] In 2003, Bouju was involved in a vehicle collision that damaged his spinal cord.
[1] Bouju is based in Los Angeles where he lives with his wife and daughter.