Photography
Amandine has been a photographer for UNICEF in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Jamaica.
Amandine was formally trained in photography with the World Press photographer Olivier Föllmi. They photographed together the last nomads of Rupshu plateau in Ladakh Himalaya, during winter, by – 40 degrees Celsius at 4800 meters.The work has been published in Les Bergers de l’hiver (Lamartinière).
She learned photo-journalism with the photo-reporter Göksin Sipahioglu founder of the SIPA Photo Press Agency.
She won the Marcel Bleustein Blanchet photo-journalism’s award.
Her photographs have been exhibited in many galleries and festivals, published in several books, and featured in numerous publications including Wall Street Journal, El Pais, Paris Match, National Geographic, Le Monde, Terre Sauvage, Le Point, Femme, UN-EU websites and reports.
Her pictures have been distributed by Getty & Gamma photo agencies.
The photograph shown above is Afghan women receiving civic education training in Mazar-e-Shariff.
The selection of photos above have been taken at:
Festival of Light in Bagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal.
Bodh Gaya Temple, Bihar, India
The central portrait was taken at the HIV Centre, Rangoon, Burma