José Nicolas (1956) - Marché de Gaya Largeau Tchad 1987

Digital print mounted in a 30 x 20 cm presentation mat

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 promotion of photographic heritage.

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

His work

His work blends:

the 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 devoted himself to promoting photographic archives and is cofounder of Atelier/Galerie Taylor, a Parisian space dedicated to 20th‑century photography and collectible prints.