2008 Archives
Program
2008 Jury Chair
A correspondent for the BBC for many years, Caroline Wyatt has been based in Moscow, Berlin, Bonn and until last year, Paris. She has covered numerous conflicts: from Iraq to Afghanistan… She is now based in London, the accredited defence correspondent for the BBC. Caroline Wyatt has been a BBC Defence Correspondent since October 2007, covering the work of British Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and defence-related issues in the UK.
Exhibitions
Nine Photo essays on war
NOOR Photo Agency
Outlook on the world
The visions of prize-winning photographers over 15 years
Outlook on the world
"15 years of conflict in the world"
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Mahmud Hams - Gaza Strip : a catastrophic human toll
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Tribute to Philip Jones Griffiths
MAGNUM PHOTOS
Great testimony : 5 years of reporting on the Iraq war
REUTERS
Thomas Dandois, Camicas Productions
"Original images from Darfur"
2008 Results
Written Press
Elizabeth RUBIN – THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE ”The Battle Compagny is there” – AFGHANISTAN
Photo
Balazs GARDI – VII Network “The valley” – AFGHANISTAN
Television
Dominique DERDA – FRANCE 2 ”Underground Zimbabwe”
Radio
Mike THOMSON – BBC NEWS ”In search of Zawadi” – RD DU CONGO
Young Reporter Prize
Julius MWELU – IRIN ”Violence after election” – KENYA
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Anne GUION – LA VIE ”Congo, rape as a weapon of war”
General Public Prize
Yasuyoshi CHIBA – AFP ”Post-election violence” – KENYA
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Dominique DERDA – FRANCE 2 ”Underground Zimbabwe”
2007 Archives
Program
2007 Jury Chair
A native of London, this British journalist and author, aged 59 years old, has worked for the Sunday Times for many years. His career as a leading reporter has led him to cover numerous conflicts: Vietnam, East Timor, Eritrea, Congo, Lebanon, Iraq, etc. Jon Swain was portrayed by Julian Sands in the film The Killing Fields (1984). Swain's book River of Time: A Memoir of Vietnam chronicles his experiences from 1970 to 1975 during the war in Indochina, including the fall of Cambodia.
Exhibitions
"STATE OF THE WORLD" - FIRST SHOWING IN FRANCE
An overview of the new century through the pictures of the Reuters agency
Tomas VAN HOUTRYVE - "Rebellion in Nepal"
Winner of the Public's Prize in Bayeux in 2006 Prize sponsored by the CFJ, the Caisse d’Epargne and the Association pour le Pluralisme d’Expression
"M*A*S*H - Thomas Dworzak" - FIRST SHOWING IN FRANCE
MAGNUM PHOTOS
An astonishing composition of fact and fiction in Iraq
2007 Results
Written Press
Adrien JAULMES – LA REVUE DES DEUX MONDES / LE FIGARO “ A little tour of America“ – IRAQ
Photo
Mahmud HAMS – AFP “Catastrophic human toll in the Gaza Strip“
Television
Alastair LEITHEAD – BBC NEWS “The Afghan Patrol“ – AFGHANISTAN
Radio
Angus CRAWFORD – BBC NEWS “The Mandaeans – an ancient religion under threat“ – SYRIA
Young Reporter Prize
Anne GUION – LA VIE “Darfur, the race against death“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Benjamin BARTHE – LE MONDE “Public enemy number one is tired – CISJORDAN“
General Public Prize
Mahmud HAMS – AFP “Catastrophic human toll in the Gaza Strip“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Orla GUERIN – BBC NEWS “Child labor in Congo – DR DU CONGO“
2006 Archives
Program
2006 Jury Chair
Robert Ménard, born July 6, 1953 in Oran, is a French journalist, essayist, editor and politician. A founder of the Paris-based international non-governmental organisation Reporters Without Borders.
Exhibitions
"Haiti: sun city"
Laurent Van Der Stockt - Premiere of the exhibition
"For committed photography"
Exhibition created with the exceptional assistance of the BNF – Alain Mingam, exhibition organiser
War correspondents, from 1944 to the present day”
This exhibition, presented by the ECPAD (Etablissement de Communication and Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense), has been specially prepared for the Bayeux-Calvados Award and will be on show at the recently revamped Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum. It will form a link with the Reporters' Memorial which will be near the Museum. Around ten separate panels will pay tribute to a whole generation of exceptional men who risked their lives to be witnesses to the major conflicts of the 20th century. Each panel will be devoted to a period or to a man who has set a particular stamp on his time. Among them are some of the great names of photography or the audiovisual world, such as Kowal or Pierre Schoendorffer.
At the Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum
2006 Results
Written Press
Jon STEPHENSON – METRO (New Zealand) “War zone: a reporter tells – IRAQ“
Photo
Jaafar ASHTIYEH – AFP “Repeated violence between Palestinians and Israelis – West Bank“
Television
Neil CONNERY – ITN-ITV NEWS “Evictions in Zimbabwe“
Radio
Alex LAST – BBC NEWS “Hostages in the Niger Delta – NIGERIA“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Javier ESPINOSA – EL MUNDO “Suicide terrorists“ – IRAQ
General Public Prize
Tomas VAN HOUTRYVE – FREELANCE “Rebellion in Nepal“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Jeff KOINANGE – CNN “The song of raped women“ – DR DU CONGO
2005 Archives
Program
2005 Jury Chair
Christian Chesnot is a French journalist, specialist in the Middle East, working at the editorial staff of France Inter since 2005.
Georges Malbrunot born in April 1962 in Allier, is a French journalist, specialist in the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Exhibitions
"A Senseless Time"
Vietnam and other wars (1964-1975)
British photographer Don McCullin retraces a decade of war, from Vietnam to Cambodia, via Northern Ireland, Cyprus, the Biafra, etc. His reports are a unique testimony to the horrors of these conflicts, with photos that create a genuinely contemporary image of war and its consequences.
Bayeux Tapestry – Chapel
"Our Neighbours Opposite"
On the initiative of the Agence France Presse (AFP), 7 Israeli and Palestinian families used their cameras to illustrate daily life in the heart of Hebron. The photos give glimpses of how lives are lived in the two communities, and are being displayed in France for the 1st time. Alongside the exhibition, hundreds of photos will be projected onto a giant screen, retracing 20 years of Israeli-Palestinian conflict (1985-2005) as seen by AFP correspondents.
2005 Results
Written Press
Vincent Hugeux – L’EXPRESS “Uganda, slaughtered childhood“
Photo
Jim MacMillan – ASSOCIATED PRESS “The Nadjaf insurgency – Iraq“
Television
Julian Manyon, Sacha Lomakim, Patrick O’Ryan-Roeder – ITN-ITV NEWS “The Siege of Beslan“
Radio
Ishbel Matheson and Dan McMillan – BBC NEWS “Rape in Darfur“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Javier Espinosa – EL MUNDO “Headquarters to Imam Ali“ – IRAQ
General Public Prize
Roger Lemoyne – MACLEANS MAGAZINE / REDUX PICTURES “Gold, weapons and microbes – Democratic Republic of Congo“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Caroline Sinz, Christian De Carné, Salah Agrabi – FRANCE 3 “Baghdad Pediatric Hospital“ – IRAQ
2004 Archives
Program
2004 Jury Chair
Ted Stanger is an American journalist and essayist, Francophile. Born in 1944 in Athens, he spent his childhood in Columbus in Ohio, and, after the baccalaureate, did his four years of university studies at Princeton University. He also studied in France (at the Sorbonne) in the 1960s. Then, it was journalism, first in a press agency (United Press International in Paris) and then for a daily, the Miami Herald in Florida. From 1981, he became successively director of the offices of the American weekly Newsweek in Bonn, Rome, Jerusalem (where he remained in post for 6 years) and Paris. He specializes in war reporting.
Exhibitions
War Correspondences
The photo-reporters from the VII Agency “go back over” a number of conflicts with have left their definitive mark on the 1990s and the early 21st century. This exhibition gives an idea of the violence of these conflicts, the traces they leave, both physical and mental, and leaves us with the impression that history moves in circles.
Photographers: Alexandra Boulat, Lauren Greenfield, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Christopher Morris, James Nachtwey, John Stanmeyer.
Exhibition never seen before in France, produced by the Scavi Scaligeri International Centre for Photography in Verona, Italy.
Exhibition curator: Gabriel Bauret
Hôtel du Doyen – rue Lambert Leforestier
Summer '44: War correspondents in Bayeux - The British war correspondents from June to August 1944
The de Gaulle Memorial – rue Bourbesneur
2004 Results
Written Press
James Meek et Suzanne Goldenberg – THE GUARDIAN “The day the statue fell“ – IRAQ
Photo
Karim Sahib – AFP “IRAQ“
Television
Paul Wood, Adam Moose Campbell, Yousseff Shomali, Sarah Halfpenny – BBC “Bombings in Kerbela“
Radio
Andrew Harding – BBC “Lira, report on Uganda“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Christophe Ayad – LIBERATION “Rwanda : crimes and survivors“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Fergal Keane, Glenn Middleton, Jackie Martens – BBC “The Congo“
General Public Prize
Jaafar Ashtiyeh – AFP “Palestine in everyday life“
Special Jury Prize
Caroline Laurent-Simon – ELLE “Silence, we violate“ – CONGO
2003 Archives
Program
2003 Jury Chair
Philippe Labro, born August 27, 1936 in Montauban, is a French journalist, writer, director, media man and songwriter. He held several management positions at RTL radio and launched the Direct 8 television channel with Vincent Bolloré. He is the author of more than twenty books.
Exhibition for the 10th edition of the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents: The world in conflict (produced by AFP)
Hôtel du Doyen - rue Lambert Leforestier (south side of the cathedral)
This photo exhibition recounts ten years of geopolitical upheavals in the world through 120 photos taken by the greatest photographers of Agence France Presse.
Exhibitions from October 1st to 31st - free admission 7j/7.
2003 Results
Written Press
Sammy Ketz – AFP “Under the bombs, the Muezzins reassure the inhabitants of Baghdad“ – IRAQ
Photo
Georges Gobet – AFP “Conflict in Ivory Coast“
Television
Grégoire Deniau and Hervé Paploray – CAPA PRESSE “At the heart of the battle“ – IRAQ
Radio
Renaud Bernard – FRANCE INFO “Baghdad under bombs“ – IRAQ
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Caroline Laurent-Simon – ELLE “ The silence of the criminals“ – RWANDA
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Philippe Lamair, Luc Cauwenberghs, Stefan Janssens, Nathalie Lucien – RTBF “Bunia controlled by child soldiers“ – DR DU CONGO
General Public Prize
Georges Gobet – AFP “Conflict in Ivory Coast“
2002 Archives
Program
The Bayeux Award becomes the "Bayeux-Calvados Award" for war correspondents.
Opening of the Pavillon Prix Bayeux-Calvados
Thanks to the involvement of the Conseil Général, the organization is acquiring a pavilion that can accommodate 500 people that year. Moreover, the Bayeux-Calvados Award now covers the whole of Lower Normandy.
A Prize for high school students
2002 Jury Chair
Jean-Marie Cavada, born February 24, 1940 in Épinal (Vosges), is a French journalist and politician. He was MEP from 2004 to 2019. Jean-Marie Cavada is a former French journalist who produced and hosted the famous program "La Marche du Siècle". He was also president of Radio France from 1998 to 2004.
Exhibitions
Four exceptional exhibitions by the greatest contemporary correspondents will be presented from October 10 to 31 in Bayeux.
• At the Hôtel du Doyen
The images in "Evidence" were taken in Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo during the conflict between the NATO-backed Kosovo Liberation Army and the Yugoslav army in the spring and summer of 1999. They tend to demonstrate the validity of the charges against the political and military system in Yugoslavia.
"Chechnya", the forgotten war by Eric Bouvet, independent photographer, winner of the Bayeux Calvados Award for War Correspondents - Photo Trophy 2000.
A premiere in Bayeux, this exhibition retraces the daily life of the Chechen population during the conflict, based on a report made in March 1995.
• At the Bayeux Tapestry
About fifty pictures, taken by 17 reporters of different nationalities, mark the major stages of this conflict, from the bombings to the arrival of American troops, from the fall of Kabul to the capture of Tora Bora.
True testimonies of the different aspects of the war, they insist on the daily life of the Afghan people during this period and the changes that took place after the fall of the Taliban.
• At the Seminary Chapel
In accordance with the Bonn Agreements, signed on December 3, 2001, France and the United States committed to contribute to the training of part of the Afghan army, to allow the Afghan government to rely on a regular, trained, disciplined and multi-ethnic army.
France has taken charge of the training of two light infantry battalions, which began on 8 June 2002.
CORRESPONDENTS EVENING - "Forgotten conflicts”
Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 9 pm, Pavillon Prix Bayeux-Calvados, Place Gauquelin Despallières
5 international correspondents will take part in a large debate on the theme of forgotten conflicts. Where are these conflict zones? What is really happening there? Why are they forgotten? An evening animated and illustrated by the testimonies of journalists who have returned from these countries that are not talked about... or no longer.
FILM EVENING - War Photographer by Christian Frei, in V.O. (English)
Friday, October 11, 9pm, Theater Le Méliès
Nominated for an Oscar for best documentary film in 2002, War Photographer is a striking portrait of the American James Nachtwey, considered by his peers to be one of the greatest war photographers of today.
Total immersion of the spectator, when Christian Frei uses micro-cameras fixed on the reporter's own camera in the heart of the conflict, only a few meters from the combatants. An exceptional document in the presence of the director and James Nachtwey.
AWARD CEREMONY EVENING
Saturday, October 12, 2002, at 6:00 p.m., Pavillon Prix Bayeux-Calvados, Place Gauquelin Despallières
The official award ceremony will be presided by Jean-Marie Cavada, president of Radio France, and hosted by Jean-Paul Mari, senior reporter at Nouvel Observateur.
2002 Results
Written Press
Pierre Barbancey – L’HUMANITÉ “Through the rubble, words of survivors, terror in Jenin“ – CISJORDAN
Photo
Luc Delahaye – MAGNUM PHOTOS “Afghanistan“
Television
Gilles Jacquier, Bertrand Coq,Tatiana Derouet, Alexandre Berne – FRANCE 2 “Nablus, died in the Casbah“ – CISJORDAN
Radio
Arnaud Zajtman – BBC “Kisangani, revelation about a massacre“ – DR DU CONGO
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Jean Kehayan – LIBÉRATION “In 1915, the genocide emptied Anatolia of his Armenians“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
John Simpson – BBC “The fall of Kabul“ – AFGHANISTAN
General Public Prize
Yannis Behrakis – REUTERS “Liberation of Afghanistan “
2001 Archives
Program
New in 2001:
In addition to Bayeux, the Students’ Prize is also held for the first time in Caen.
2001 Jury Chair
Adrian Van Klaveren is a multi-award winning journalist. He joined the BBC in 1983 as a news service intern and continued his career with the BBC. He is now a member of the senior management team of the BBC News Service and manages 550 journalists and technicians.
2001 Results
Written Press
Françoise Spiekermeier – PARIS MATCH “Horror camps in Chechnya“
Photo
Enric Marti – ASSOCIATED PRESS “Revolt in Palestine”
Television
Ben Brown – BBC “The Jerusalem Uprising“
Radio
Gilles Perez – RFI “Leaving school“ – ISRAEL PALESTINE
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Maureen Cofflard – LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR “London, paradise of fools of Allah“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Marie-Claude Vogric – FRANCE 3 “General Mladlic’s right-hand man is tried by the ICT for the Srebrenica massacre“
General Public Prize
Jeffrey B. Russel – CORBIS SYGMA “Depleted uranium, the long agony of the Iraqi people”
2000 Archives
Program
New in 2000:
Creation of the screening evening with the premiere of the movie Harrisson's Flowers and with the attendance of its director, Élie Chouraqui.
2000 Jury Chair
Hervé Chabalier, born September 7, 1945 in Langogne (Lozère), is a French journalist and television host.
2000 Results
Written Press
Rémy Ourdan – LE MONDE “Sierra Leone’s Forgotten War“
Photo
Eric Bouvet – FREE-LANCE “Grozny, city wiped off the map“ – CHECHNYA
Television
Matt Frei and Darren Conway – BBC “East Timor“
Radio
Madeleine Mukamabano and Médi Elhag – FRANCE CULTURE “Rwanda 99“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Patrick Saint-Paul – LE FIGARO “At the heart of the war in Sierra Leone“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Rageh Omaar – BBC “Ethiopia“
General Public Prize
Eric Bouvet – FREE-LANCE “Grozny, city wiped off the map“ – CHECHNYA
1999 Archives
Program
First Correspondents evening
Screening of the movie "Rapporteurs de guerre" in the presence of Patrick Chauvel, followed by a debate on war photographers.
1999 Jury Chair
Gerd Ruge (born August 9, 1928) is a German journalist, author and filmmaker.
Screening: Rapporteurs de guerre
After 30 years of war reporting, Patrick Chauvel wonders where the moral limits of his profession lie. To answer this question, he interviews great photographers.
Conference by John G. Morris
Presentation of his book:
Get the Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism.
1999 Results
Written Press
Gabriel Grüner – STERN “Help” – SUDAN
Photo
James Natchwey – MAGNUM for TIME MAGAZINE “Descent into hell“ – INDONESIA
Television
Fergal Keane – BBC “Sierra Leone“
Radio
Isabelle Dor – FRANCE INFO “Koscharé – KOSOVO“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Javier Espinosa – EL MUNDO “Blood orgy in Sierra Leone“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Fergal Keane – BBC “Sierra Leone“
General Public Prize
Brennan Linsley – SIPA PRESS “Famine in Sudan“
1998 Archives
Program
New in 1998:
Closing evening open to the public (300 people at the Halle aux Grains).
Launch of the website first version.
1998 Jury Chair
Pierre Schoendoerffer is a French novelist, director, screenwriter and documentary maker, born May 5, 1928 in Chamalières and died March 14, 2012 in Clamart.
1998 Results
Written Press
Jean-Paul Mari – LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR “Mines, trip to the land of the disabled“
Photo
Achmad Ibrahim – ASSOCIATED PRESS “Crisis in Indonesia”
Television
Morad Aïd-Habbouche and Christian Decarné – FRANCE 3 “Congo, autopsy of a war“
Radio
Nicolas Charbonneau – EUROPE 1 “Prekaz, martyr village and the lovers of Pristina“ – KOSOVO
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Jean Hatzfled – LIBERATION “In Rwanda, the children of the genocide“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Morad Aïd-Habbouche and Christian Decarné – FRANCE 3 “Congo, autopsy of a war“
General Public Prize
Hocine – AFP “Algerian women“
1997 Archives
Program
Creation of the General Public Prize (Photo category)
1997 Jury Chair
François Régis Hutin, born June 26, 1929 in Rennes and died December 10, 2017 in the same city, is a French journalist and media owner, chairman of the board of the large regional daily Ouest-France.
1997 Results
Written Press
Alain Bommenel and the Algiers office – AFP “In the orchards of Mitidja, a cruel and hidden war” – ALGERIA
Photo
Santiago Lyon – ASSOCIATED PRESS “Kaboul” – AFGHANISTAN
Television
Bob Coen, Amy Mertz – CNN “Reporter’s notebook: Liberia“
Radio
François Clémenceau – EUROPE 1 “Algeria: guns and sabers in the ballot box“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Jean-Paul Mari – LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR “Here we exterminate the refugees“ – EX ZAÏRE
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Roger Motte et Martine Laroche-Joubert – FRANCE 2 “The road to hell“ – EX ZAÏRE
General Public Prize
Luc Delahaye – MAGNUM “The war in Afghanistan”
1996 Archives
Program
Creation of the Students’ Prize (television).
Its mission? To make young people aware of the job of international correspondents and to offer them an insight into international news. Initially open to high schools in Bayeux.
1996 Jury Chair
Jean Daniel, pen name of Jean Daniel Bensaïd, born July 21, 1920 in Blida, Algeria and died February 19, 2020 in Paris, is a French writer and journalist. He is the founder (1964), director and columnist of the Nouvel Observateur.
1996 Results
Written Press
Patrick de Saint Exupéry – LE FIGARO “Afghanistan, a country devastated by war“
Photo
James Nachtwey – MAGNUM for TIME MAGAZINE “Afghanistan, the forgotten conflict“
Television
George Allagiah – BBC “Civil war in Liberia“
Radio
Nicolas Poincaré – FRANCE INTER “Chechnya, state lie“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Olivier Weber – LE POINT “Chechnya, the Russians in the quagmire“
Secondary School Students’ Prize
Eric Monier – FRANCE 2 “Cana Massacre” – LEBANON
1995 Archives
Program
Creation of the Ouest-France - Jean Marin Prize (written press).
Opening of the Award to all media.
1995 Jury Chair
Claude Moisy is a French journalist born June 26, 1927 in Blainville-sur-Orne and died September 21, 2020 in Courbevoie. He spent most of his career at Agence France-Presse, where he was president from 1990 to 1992.
1995 Results
Written Press
Henri Guirchoun – LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR “Bihac : dialogue for the living and the dead – BOSNIA“
Photo
Laurent Van der Stockt – GAMMA “Children of Kabul”– AFGHANISTAN”
Television
Ben Brown – BBC “Chechen troops defend Grozny” – CHECHNYA“
Special Jury Prize
Patricia Coste – FRANCE 2 “Cholera in Goma”– RD OF CONGO“
Ouest-France-Jean Marin Prize
Xavier Gautier – LE FIGARO “Mostar and the Yugoslav war” – BOSNIA“
1994 Archives
Program
Creation of the Bayeux Award for War Correspondents on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Only eight media outlets were invited to this one-day event reserved for journalists (one per Allied country + Germany).
1994 Jury Chair
Jean Marin, whose real name is Yves Morvan, is a French journalist and resistance fighter, born in Douarnenez on February 24, 1909 and died in Paris on June 3, 1995. He was notably the president of Agence France-Presse from 1954 to 1975; he is the only president to have served 21 years, or seven consecutive terms. He also participated in the birth of the daily Ouest-France in succession to L'Ouest-Éclair.
Awards ceremony
Hosted by Diane Galliot, journalist at Radio France International, and Thierry Geffrotin, journalist and director of Radio France Normandy-Caen.
Exhibition "Tony Vaccaro : the lived testimony of a combatant”
From Normandy’s beaches to Germany, Tony Vaccaro takes many pictures while fighting; this is not reportage but the lived testimony of a man who is also an exceptional photographer.
1994 Results
Magazine
Philipp von Recklinghausen – STERN “70 days in hell” – BOSNIA
Photo
André Soloviev – ASSOCIATED PRESS “Sukhumi massacre“ – GEORGIA
Daily Press
Denis Arcand – LA PRESSE “ European hypocrisy“ – BOSNIA
Radio
Alan Little – BBC “Sarajevo“ – BOSNIA
Television
Elisabeth Burdot – RTBF “Skandill road flowers“– NORTH IRELAND
Special Jury Prize
Paul Marchand – RADIO CANADA “The lovers of Sarajevo” – BOSNIA