José Nicolas (1956) - Pentecote à Lourdes 1985

José Nicolas is a French photojournalist and gallery owner, born in 1956 in Casablanca. His career is marked by war reporting, humanitarian missions and, more recently, the valorization of photographic heritage.

Career
A former paratrooper, he discovers photography through the contact with reporters present on the operation theaters.
From 1984, he works with Bernard Kouchner and the Médecins du Monde missions, which he documents in Lebanon, in Kurdistan, in Afghanistan and in the South China Sea.
He then joins the Sipa Press agency, for which he covers numerous international conflicts for about twelve years.
His work

His work blends:

war photojournalism;
humanitarian testimony;
portrait and documentary photography;
landscapes shot in medium-format film in a more personal approach.
Gallery activity

For several years, José Nicolas has also dedicated himself to highlighting photographic collections and is the cofounder of Atelier/Galerie Taylor, a Parisian space dedicated to 20th‑century photography and collector’s prints.