pdfX12＋photojournalismコミュのVIIのAlexandra Boulatが脳動脈瘤の破裂により倒れる

フォトエージェンシーvii所属の女性写真家Alexandra Boulatがイスラエルで取材中、脳動脈瘤の破裂によって昏睡状態となり、現地で５時間に及ぶ手術を受けたとの事です。手術は成功した様ですが、彼女が昏睡状態から覚めるのを見守っている状況の様です。

viiのマネージングディレクターのEvans氏が、彼女の医療費のサポートを呼びかけています。
連絡先は
VIIのロス・アンジェルスオフィス
920 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA, 90291
(310) 452-3600

http://www.viiphoto.com/

下記、PDN ONLINEの記事より。

Photojournalist Alexandra Boulat Suffers Brain Aneurysm

June 22, 2007

By Daryl Lang

Conflict photojournalist Alexandra Boulat suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm and was in a medically induced coma Friday, according to her agency.

"We're all praying for her at this point and hoping for a full recovery," said Frank Evers, managing director of VII, Boulat's agency.

Boulat, who was in Israel working on assignments, was being treated at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. She underwent a successful five-hour operation Thursday, Evers said. Surgeons induced a coma and will monitor her to decide when to bring her out of the coma, Evers said.

Evers said those wishing to help should contact VII through its Los Angeles office: 920 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA, 90291, or (310) 452-3600. Additional contact information is on the VII web site. Evers said VII will collect money to help with Boulat's medical expenses.

Boulat spent years throughout the 1990s covering ethnic conflicts in Yugoslavia for Sipa. In 2001, she became one of the founding members of the VII cooperative. She has covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, and elsewhere.

Her work has appeared in magazines such as Time, Newsweek, National Geographic and Paris-Match and she has won a number of international awards.

Boulat was born in Paris in 1962 and is the daughter of Life staff photographer Pierre Boulat and Cosmos photo agency founder Annie Boulat.