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Albert Londres: Fighting for Truth with Pen and Photography

On the occasion of the 29th Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award, a festival of war reporting showcases unpublished photographs by the great French journalist and writer Albert Londres. The exhibition celebrates the 90th anniversary of his death.

“On the pirate coast. I was photographing them... My camera trembled.” The words, suspended at the tip of the pen, were written by Albert Londres during a trip to Saudi Arabia, in his report Pêcheurs de perles [Pearl Divers]. Word becomes image. Bor...

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