Véronique de Viguerie

She was noted for covering a story about an Afghan guerrilla group responsible for the Uzbin Valley ambush.

After obtaining a master's degree in Law in Paris, she turned to photography, undertaking studies in Great Britain.

[3] She lived in Kabul for 3 years, then began reporting from many countries, including Colombia, Iraq, Somalia, Pakistan, Guatemala, Mexico, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, India and Bangladesh.

[5] Her 2009 story on the oil war in Nigeria was awarded the Photo Trophy and Public Prize by the Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre (Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents) in 2010.

In 2011, she published Carnets de Reportages du XXIe siècle with journalist Manon Querouil.