Monique Jacot (born 1934) is a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. [1]
Jacot studied at the école des Arts et Métiers de Vevey from 1953 to 1956. Gertrude Fehr was one of her professors. [2] [3]
Jacot was among the first women photojournalists. [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 Paris. [4]
Àlso in the 1980s, Jacot published several works on the conditions faced by women: Femmes de la terre in 1989, on the subject of Swiss women working in agriculture, [5] Printemps de femmes in 1994 and Cadences : l'usine au féminin in 1999. [2] [3]
During her career she was a staff photographer for the World Health Organization. [5]
Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. [6]
Monique Jacot (born 1934) is a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. [1]
Jacot studied at the école des Arts et Métiers de Vevey from 1953 to 1956. Gertrude Fehr was one of her professors. [2] [3]
Jacot was among the first women photojournalists. [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 Paris. [4]
Àlso in the 1980s, Jacot published several works on the conditions faced by women: Femmes de la terre in 1989, on the subject of Swiss women working in agriculture, [5] Printemps de femmes in 1994 and Cadences : l'usine au féminin in 1999. [2] [3]
During her career she was a staff photographer for the World Health Organization. [5]
Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. [6]