François Lochon is a French photojournalist. He started his career at the Gamma agency in 1974. He has written reports from 140 different countries.

He won three prizes for his work at the World Press Photo

World Press Photo

World Press Photo is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955 the organization is known for holding the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest....

 contest and was rewarded as best reporter by the French magazine Paris Match

Paris Match

Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....

 in 1984 for a report on the Iran-Iraq war

Iran-Iraq War

The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the armed forces of Iraq and Iran, lasting from September 1980 to August 1988, making it the longest conventional war of the twentieth century...

. After that, he wrote reports mostly on Pope John Paul II and on Antarctica where he stayed for six months.

There was a display of his best photographs at the Luxembourg Gardens (in the 5th district of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

) in 2008.