Monique Jacot
Monique Jacot (born 1934) is a Swiss photographer and photojournalist.
Early life
Jacot studied at the école des Arts et Métiers de Vevey from 1953 à 1956. Gertrude Fehr was one of her professors.[1][2]
Career
Jacot was among the first women photojournalists.[2]
Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.[3]
She Travelled to Yemen frequently in the 1980s, and provided reporting for numerous noted magazines and newspapers, including Camera (magazine), Elle, L'Illustré, Schweizer Illustrierte, Du, Réalités, and Vogue.
À partir de la fin des années 1980, Monique Jacot publie des ouvrages sur la condition féminine : Femmes de la terre en 1989, Printemps de femmes en 1994 et Cadences : l'usine au féminin en 1999.[1][2]
Awards
- 1974 : Federal prize for Applied Arts[4]
- 2005: Grand prize in photography from the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture.[5]
- 2020 : Grand Prize in Design, on the recommendation of the Swiss Design Commission[6][7]
References
- ^ a b "Jacot, Monique". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French).
- ^ a b c Jaunin, Françoise. "Militante et poète". 24heures.ch.
- ^ "Monique Jacot: Maternité de Norques". mfah.org.
- ^ "De l'Arabie heureuse, trésors de voyages". Le Temps (in French). 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Fondation vaudoise pour la culture". www.fvpc.ch.
- ^ "Grand Prix Design 2020 pour Ida Gut, Monique Jacot et Kueng Caputo". rts.ch (in French). 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Monique Jacot, de l'expérimentation et des plumes". Le Temps (in French). 14 August 2020.
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