Alexandra Boulat was born in Paris, France, May 2, 1962. She was originally studying graphic design and art history at the Beaux Arts in Paris. She followed in the steps of her father, photographer Pierre Boulat, who worked for LIFE magazine for 25 years and her mother Annie Boulat, founder of Cosmos photo agency which she founded in 1979. Alexandra grew up surrounded with photography and in 1989 she joined Sipa agency and headed for the Balkans where she established herself as one of the very few women conflict photojournalists. Boulat was represented by her mother’s agency Cosmos and then by Sipa Press for 10 years until 2000. Her news and feature stories were published in many international magazines, above all National Geographic Magazine, TIME, and Paris-Match. She has received many of the most prestigious international photography awards for her work. She won awards from; The Harry Chapin Media Awards 1994 - Besieged Sarajevo – A reportage on daily life in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war, published in the book 'Material world'. Paris-Match Award 1998 – Violence in Kosovo. Perpignan, Visa d’Or pour l’Image, 1998 – Daly life and violence in Kosovo. USA Photo Magazine’s photographer of the year, 1998. Infinity Award, International Center of Photography, New York, 1999 – daily life and violence in Kosovo. The Overseas Press Club in 2003 for her coverage of Afghanistan, and was named Best Woman Photographer by the Bevento Oscars in Italy in 2006. Boulat covered news, conflicts, and social issues as well as making extensive reportages on countries and people. Among her many varied assignments, she reported on the wars in former Yugoslavia from 1991 until 1999, including Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo; the fall of the Taliban, the Iraqi people living under the embargo in the 90s, and the invasion of Baghdad by the coalition in 2003. Her work is on display at www.viiphoto.com and partly on www.pierrealexandraboulat.com
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