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Jacques Pavlovsky (1931 – 15 October 2023) was a French photojournalist.^[1]

Biography

Born in Saint-Jean-de-Luz in 1931, Jacques was the son of architect André Pavlovsky and Yvonne Longi. He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and subsequently the École de photographie et de cinéma.^[2] After serving in the Algerian War, he moved to Paris and joined the Rapho news agency, directed by Raymond Grosset [fr]. During this time, he began to pursue press photography within the agency, covering French politics, May 68, the death of Charles de Gaulle, and the election of Georges Pompidou.^{[citation needed]}

In April 1974, Pavlovsky joined the Sygma photo agency at the invitation of Hubert Henrotte [fr].^[2] He met numerous popular reporters at this time, such as Henri Bureau [fr], Alain Keler [fr], Alain Noguès [fr], Jean-Pierre Laffont, William Karel, Patrick Robert [fr], and Philippe Ledru [fr]. He notably reported on the Fall of Saigon,^[3] the death of Francisco Franco, the accession of Juan Carlos I, the inauguration of Saddam Hussein,^[4] and the Iran–Iraq War. His reports were published in Newsweek, The Times, and Paris Match.^{[citation needed]}

Jacques Pavlovsky died in Urrugne on 15 October 2023, at the age of 92.^[5]

^ Aguirre Olhagaray, Anaiz (16 October 2023). "Décès du grand photoreporter luzien Jacques Pavlovsky". Mediabask (in French). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "PAVLOVSKY Jacques". Éditions Cairn (in French).
^ Atwood Lawrence, Mark (22 March 2023). "Book review of Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old American Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians by Ralph White". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ "July 1990: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accuses and threatens Kuwait". Appalachian News-Express. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ Jans, Fabien (17 October 2023). "Pays basque : le photographe Jacques Pavlovsky est décédé". Sud Ouest (in French). Urrugne. Retrieved 17 October 2023.