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Le Photographe #1
O Fotógrafo: Uma História no Afeganistão, Vol. 1
Au coeur de l'Afghanistan
Fin juillet 1986. Didier Lefèvre quitte Paris pour sa première grande mission photographique : accompagner une équipe de Médecins Sans Frontières au coeur de l'Afghanistan, en pleine guerre entre Soviétiques et Moudjahidin. Cette mission va marquer sa vie comme cette guerre marquera l'histoire contemporaine. Au croisement des destins individuels et de la géopolitique, à l'intersection du dessin et de la photographie, ce livre raconte la longue marche des hommes et des femmes qui tentent de réparer ce que d'autres détruisent.
Didier Lefèvre fait ses premiers reportages photographiques en 1984 à Médecins Sans Frontières. Pour eux, il raconte le contexte des pays dans lesquels se déroulent leurs missions. C'est ainsi qu'il effectue son premier voyage en Afghanistan en 1986, raconté dans
aphe. Il quitte MSF en 1988 pour devenir photographe de presse. Depuis 1986, Didier Lefèvre est retourné sept fois en Afghanistan "pour retrouver les gens et observer les changements". Paraît simultanément à l'album un livre aux Éditions Ouest-France de textes et de photos racontant l'intégralité de ces voyages là-bas.
Frédéric Lemercier est graphiste. Il met en page les dessins et les photos du Photographe et réalise la mise en couleurs.
Fin juillet 1986. Didier Lefèvre quitte Paris pour sa première grande mission photographique : accompagner une équipe de Médecins Sans Frontières au coeur de l'Afghanistan, en pleine guerre entre Soviétiques et Moudjahidin. Cette mission va marquer sa vie comme cette guerre marquera l'histoire contemporaine. Au croisement des destins individuels et de la géopolitique, à l'intersection du dessin et de la photographie, ce livre raconte la longue marche des hommes et des femmes qui tentent de réparer ce que d'autres détruisent.
Didier Lefèvre fait ses premiers reportages photographiques en 1984 à Médecins Sans Frontières. Pour eux, il raconte le contexte des pays dans lesquels se déroulent leurs missions. C'est ainsi qu'il effectue son premier voyage en Afghanistan en 1986, raconté dans
aphe. Il quitte MSF en 1988 pour devenir photographe de presse. Depuis 1986, Didier Lefèvre est retourné sept fois en Afghanistan "pour retrouver les gens et observer les changements". Paraît simultanément à l'album un livre aux Éditions Ouest-France de textes et de photos racontant l'intégralité de ces voyages là-bas.
Frédéric Lemercier est graphiste. Il met en page les dessins et les photos du Photographe et réalise la mise en couleurs.
86 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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About the author
Emmanuel Guibert
156 books147 followersEmmanuel Guibert has written a great many graphic novels for readers young and old, among them the Sardine in Outer Space series and The Professor’s Daughter with Joann Sfar.
In 1994, a chance encounter with an American World War II veteran named Alan Cope marked the beginning of a deep friendship and the birth of a great biographical epic.
Another of Guibert's recent works is The Photographer. Showered with awards, translated around the world and soon to come from First Second books, it relates a Doctors Without Borders mission in 1980’s Afghanistan through the eyes of a great reporter, the late Didier Lefèvre.
Guibert lives in Paris with his wife and daughter.
In 1994, a chance encounter with an American World War II veteran named Alan Cope marked the beginning of a deep friendship and the birth of a great biographical epic.
Another of Guibert's recent works is The Photographer. Showered with awards, translated around the world and soon to come from First Second books, it relates a Doctors Without Borders mission in 1980’s Afghanistan through the eyes of a great reporter, the late Didier Lefèvre.
Guibert lives in Paris with his wife and daughter.
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May 29, 2012
This is the true story of Didier Lefevre, who accompanied an MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders) mission in 1986 to photograph the people involved in bringing medical care to war-stricken Afghanistan.
The first surprise is the format. Lefevre's original photographs are set in the graphic novel, interspersed with the canonical drawings and text boxes. The effect is seizing. Often, the next photograph is announced by the Lefevre in the situation, and then when it comes is is stark, often surprising, sometimes poignant.
True to his profession, Lefevre has an "eye" for those details that are utterly revealing of the situation, the cultural context, the contrast of western traveller's expectancies and the realities on the field.
The dialogues between himself and the doctors are often hilarious - low-key, tongue-in-cheek stuff. Sometimes things get serious, a doctor will launch into a rant and Lefevre transcribes it and sets it alongside the photo of the ranter.
Lefevre also reveals himself to be a cunning narrator, rumbling along and choosing to describe just those situations that give an impression of being there with him.
Also, quite surprising, one finds onself wishing to be there with him.
The first surprise is the format. Lefevre's original photographs are set in the graphic novel, interspersed with the canonical drawings and text boxes. The effect is seizing. Often, the next photograph is announced by the Lefevre in the situation, and then when it comes is is stark, often surprising, sometimes poignant.
True to his profession, Lefevre has an "eye" for those details that are utterly revealing of the situation, the cultural context, the contrast of western traveller's expectancies and the realities on the field.
The dialogues between himself and the doctors are often hilarious - low-key, tongue-in-cheek stuff. Sometimes things get serious, a doctor will launch into a rant and Lefevre transcribes it and sets it alongside the photo of the ranter.
Lefevre also reveals himself to be a cunning narrator, rumbling along and choosing to describe just those situations that give an impression of being there with him.
Also, quite surprising, one finds onself wishing to be there with him.
September 12, 2021
Primeira parte da trilogia que narra a ajuda humanitária da MSF no Afeganistão, durante a guerra com a União Soviética, em 1986.
Essa primeira parte trata dos preparativos e da travessia clandestina na fronteira do Paquistão com o Afeganistão.
A narrativa gráfica é intercalada em fotos e tiras de contato do autor e quadrinhos no estilo da escola belga (linhas médias e cores sólidas - como em Tintim). Um mergulho nas dificuldades, na rotina da viagem e nos desafios de uma organização humanitária em meio à ausência de um mínimo que as pessoas precisam para viver.
Essa primeira parte trata dos preparativos e da travessia clandestina na fronteira do Paquistão com o Afeganistão.
A narrativa gráfica é intercalada em fotos e tiras de contato do autor e quadrinhos no estilo da escola belga (linhas médias e cores sólidas - como em Tintim). Um mergulho nas dificuldades, na rotina da viagem e nos desafios de uma organização humanitária em meio à ausência de um mínimo que as pessoas precisam para viver.
April 1, 2025
5 étoiles ++++ Le plaisir du graphisme d’une BD et l’authenticité d’un témoignage ou plutôt d’un reportage. Les photos complètent les dessins, pour suivre ce reportage au sein d’une mission MSF en Afghanistan en 1986…témoignage impressionnant de l’engagement de cette équipe.
April 23, 2020
Une BD sous forme d'un reportage qui décrit le voyage d'un photojournaliste accompagnant une équipe de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) en Afghanistan,durant la guerre entre les soviétiques et les Talibans. Je trouve le concept intéressant de faire un mixe entre illustration et photos prises lors de son voyage.
January 18, 2016
Le roman graphique “Le Photographe” est basé sur le récit et les clichés de Didier Lefèvre. Il décrit son voyage, accompagnant une équipe de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) depuis leur départ de Paris à leur péripétie en Afghanistan, en passant par le Pakistan. L’histoire se déroule pendant la guerre entre les soviétiques et les Moudjahidin dans les années 80.
Le roman étant basé sur des évènements bien réels, le manque d’intrigue et donc la platitude de l’histoire peuvent être excusés. Heureusement que le groupe n’ait pas rencontré plus de troubles durant leur périple, que nous ne pouvons appeler une aventure. Les descriptions s’enchainent et on apprends quelques faits sur la vie des autochtones dans ce monde Musulman en guerre. Quelques belles idées émergent, tel que le marchand de gâteaux parcourant seul le désert pour vendre sa marchandise, mais ce genre d’image serait plus appréciée exposée dans une galerie, accompagnée d’un titre court et poignant.
Ce qui peut être moins facile à tolérer, ce sont les photos qui exaspèrent tant elles sont petites, et qui se mêlent à des esquisses trop basiques, qui semblent inachevés. Ceci donne en tout, un effet parfois esthétique, parfois tout simplement ennuyeux. Cela-dit, il est vrai que ceci rend d’autant plus excitant le fait de découvrir une photo belle, ou drôle.
En somme, à cause du langage, facile et manquant de poésie, l’atmosphère du roman, cherchant à être envoutante, s’arrête souvent à la monotonie.
Laborieux et insipide.
Le roman étant basé sur des évènements bien réels, le manque d’intrigue et donc la platitude de l’histoire peuvent être excusés. Heureusement que le groupe n’ait pas rencontré plus de troubles durant leur périple, que nous ne pouvons appeler une aventure. Les descriptions s’enchainent et on apprends quelques faits sur la vie des autochtones dans ce monde Musulman en guerre. Quelques belles idées émergent, tel que le marchand de gâteaux parcourant seul le désert pour vendre sa marchandise, mais ce genre d’image serait plus appréciée exposée dans une galerie, accompagnée d’un titre court et poignant.
Ce qui peut être moins facile à tolérer, ce sont les photos qui exaspèrent tant elles sont petites, et qui se mêlent à des esquisses trop basiques, qui semblent inachevés. Ceci donne en tout, un effet parfois esthétique, parfois tout simplement ennuyeux. Cela-dit, il est vrai que ceci rend d’autant plus excitant le fait de découvrir une photo belle, ou drôle.
En somme, à cause du langage, facile et manquant de poésie, l’atmosphère du roman, cherchant à être envoutante, s’arrête souvent à la monotonie.
Laborieux et insipide.
November 11, 2018
Vraiment intéressant, le mélange entre le roman graphique et le photoreportage. Je dois mettre la main sur la suite!
February 10, 2010
Un magnifique reportage sur la première guerre d'Afghanistan, vue sous l'angle d'une mission humanitaire. Le jeu entre la photographie et le dessin permet aux auteurs de toujours garder la juste distance par rapport à leur objet. Il faut aussi lire les deux autres tomes.
June 17, 2024
Didier Lefèvre's experiences accompanying a Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) team in war-torn Afghanistan are captured in this picture-book novel. It is 1986 when the Afghans were fighting to take back control of their country, a country the Russians invaded in 1979. The book documents the team’s efforts to bring medical care to this region, devastated by war.
Lefèvre's job was to take photos. Because the roads were controlled by the Russians, they were forced to travel through the mountains, climbing up and down high passes. At times, they travelled only by night in order to avoid Russian planes.
The book consists mainly of his black and white photos reduced in size to comic book format. Interwoven with the photos are hand drawn illustrations from Emmanuel Guibert. Often the drawings reveal as much if not more than the photos. The book was arranged and put together by designer, Frédéric Lemercier
Having lost 14 teeth during the expedition, probably through malnutrition, Lefèvre returned home with 4000 photos. It was 20 years before he was persuaded by colleagues to publish this book, in 2006. While Lefèvre’s role on the mission was to bring back images that would bear witness to what was happening in Afghanistan, the photographs that he published immediately afterward couldn't say nearly as much as this book.
The book starts with Didier Lefèvre leaving Paris and arriving in Peshawar in northern Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan. After meeting the team and a period of preparation the party, along with 100 donkeys and 20 horses start their trip to the town of Zaragandara in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan to establish a field hospital and staff another one.
The photos and illustrations, showing the large group moving through the mountains, reveal the great beauty and splendour of the country. As their caravan makes its slow way, they pass through villages where doctors’ skills are always in demand. We see breathtaking portraits of both the team, dressed in local clothes, struggling up steep snow-covered passes, and local Afghans appear on nearly every page. En route they often meet people coming in the opposite direction, desperate to escape the fighting.
The photographer is there to record all the mishaps, including donkeys falling down ravines, disputes, the constant need to repair boots, the repeated failure to be able to tune into Radio France on shortwave, and more. In his conversations with the Afghan members of the party, he learns about their customs and habits.
Sadly, Didier Lefèvre died suddenly in 2007 of a heart attack. He was just 50 years old. His photographs have appeared in the French publications Liberation, L'Express, L'Equipe Magazine and Éditions Ouest France. His work with Medicine Sans Frontier took him to Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Malawi, Niger, and Ivory Coast.
Even since the Taliban came back to power in August 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières continue to run projects in Afghanistan, responding to the immense medical needs caused by decades of conflict and political upheaval. In a broken economy, many cannot afford hospital visits, while women face additional barriers due to limitations placed on their freedom of movement, access to education, and work. In the first four months of 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières are reporting a surge in measles cases.
Le Photograph has won many awards, including the Prix des libraires de bande dessinée, and it has been translated into 11 languages. The creators of this book, between them, have constructed a distinctive blend of storytelling, merging the disciplines of drawing and photojournalism. They give us a stunning perspective of the impressive work of Medicine Sans Frontier, and the human cost of war and the resilience of those caught in the middle.
See the French version of this review at Les Liaisons Litteraires
Lefèvre's job was to take photos. Because the roads were controlled by the Russians, they were forced to travel through the mountains, climbing up and down high passes. At times, they travelled only by night in order to avoid Russian planes.
The book consists mainly of his black and white photos reduced in size to comic book format. Interwoven with the photos are hand drawn illustrations from Emmanuel Guibert. Often the drawings reveal as much if not more than the photos. The book was arranged and put together by designer, Frédéric Lemercier
Having lost 14 teeth during the expedition, probably through malnutrition, Lefèvre returned home with 4000 photos. It was 20 years before he was persuaded by colleagues to publish this book, in 2006. While Lefèvre’s role on the mission was to bring back images that would bear witness to what was happening in Afghanistan, the photographs that he published immediately afterward couldn't say nearly as much as this book.
The book starts with Didier Lefèvre leaving Paris and arriving in Peshawar in northern Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan. After meeting the team and a period of preparation the party, along with 100 donkeys and 20 horses start their trip to the town of Zaragandara in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan to establish a field hospital and staff another one.
The photos and illustrations, showing the large group moving through the mountains, reveal the great beauty and splendour of the country. As their caravan makes its slow way, they pass through villages where doctors’ skills are always in demand. We see breathtaking portraits of both the team, dressed in local clothes, struggling up steep snow-covered passes, and local Afghans appear on nearly every page. En route they often meet people coming in the opposite direction, desperate to escape the fighting.
The photographer is there to record all the mishaps, including donkeys falling down ravines, disputes, the constant need to repair boots, the repeated failure to be able to tune into Radio France on shortwave, and more. In his conversations with the Afghan members of the party, he learns about their customs and habits.
Sadly, Didier Lefèvre died suddenly in 2007 of a heart attack. He was just 50 years old. His photographs have appeared in the French publications Liberation, L'Express, L'Equipe Magazine and Éditions Ouest France. His work with Medicine Sans Frontier took him to Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Malawi, Niger, and Ivory Coast.
Even since the Taliban came back to power in August 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières continue to run projects in Afghanistan, responding to the immense medical needs caused by decades of conflict and political upheaval. In a broken economy, many cannot afford hospital visits, while women face additional barriers due to limitations placed on their freedom of movement, access to education, and work. In the first four months of 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières are reporting a surge in measles cases.
Le Photograph has won many awards, including the Prix des libraires de bande dessinée, and it has been translated into 11 languages. The creators of this book, between them, have constructed a distinctive blend of storytelling, merging the disciplines of drawing and photojournalism. They give us a stunning perspective of the impressive work of Medicine Sans Frontier, and the human cost of war and the resilience of those caught in the middle.
See the French version of this review at Les Liaisons Litteraires
March 17, 2023
A story told from a photographers POV who accompanies to Afghanistan some of the first medical professionals forming Medicins sans frontiers. This book was riveting, with drawings interspersed by photographs in a comic book style frames. I appreciated this slice of perspective on a war in Afghanistan and what it was like there as a humanitarian aid worker… the weeks-long trek they had to take across the Pakistani border into Afghanistan so as not to be detected by Russian invaders, traversing high mountains under threat of bombing. But the author/photographer treats the subject coldly, with distance and disinterest… it was very clear that he was there to “get a story” and didn’t feel very much for the afghani people he encountered. A large part of the book talks about how he almost died trying to cross the border back into Pakistan so he could go home early to France, instead of going back with the full party that was already arranged. He seems very self-righteous and stubborn in this act, which endangered not only his life but the lives of the guides he’d hired to help him. His guides ditched him when he tried to compel them to cross a particularly dangerous passing during the day when the threat of being detected and bombed or shot at by fighter Jets was at the highest. He condemns these poor guys, and later gets them severely beaten by their leader, who were just trying to make a living and not die in the process. There should have been a preface to this book by the editor of coauthors discussing how problematic this is, of western people coming into a country for a glamorous adventure to get a job done and then jetting out, endangering lives of vulnerable people I the process. It also irritated me that he wouldn’t speak to his guides like people or attempt to relate in any way, but instead held a superior attitude and described their customs and actions in a backwards and at times barbaric light, instead of trying to understand their perspective and why they may have behaved in certain ways. Five stars for an inside story and for making apparent problems with foreign intervention, while also showcasing the heroism and selflessness of those medical professionals the photographer accompanied. The medical professionals tried much harder to follow local customs and to understand the people they were helping and were truly saving and improving lives. I am grateful for MSF’s continued work all over the world, with the most vulnerable people.
August 13, 2019
Alors voilà, ça a été une vraie révélation cette BD. Pour la petite histoire, je l'avais vue dans les rayons de la feunaq sans que cela m'attire le regard plus qu'autre chose. Et puis quand le deuxième tome est sorti, je me suis dit que j'allais quand même voir à quoi ça ressemblait cette BD dont j'entends tellement parler ; j'ai commencé à lire, et 10 pages plus loin, il est devenu évident que j'allais devoir l'acheter.
C'est une BD mêlant allègrement dessins, photo, journalisme, aventure, voyage ; une BD "autre" sans aucun doute, sous une forme nouvelle et inattendue ; une BD qui vous emmène loin et vous fait partager le quotidien pas toujours joyeux du groupe dont fait partie le photographe. Le fond et la forme se complète ici magnifiquement, le dessin soutenu par les photos et réciproquement.
Une révélation, y a pas à dire....
-- Une même note pour les 3 tomes.
C'est une BD mêlant allègrement dessins, photo, journalisme, aventure, voyage ; une BD "autre" sans aucun doute, sous une forme nouvelle et inattendue ; une BD qui vous emmène loin et vous fait partager le quotidien pas toujours joyeux du groupe dont fait partie le photographe. Le fond et la forme se complète ici magnifiquement, le dessin soutenu par les photos et réciproquement.
Une révélation, y a pas à dire....
-- Une même note pour les 3 tomes.
May 23, 2023
Une bande dessinée aussi intéressante que touchante, triste et belle à la fois, avec des touches d'humour légères parfaitement placées et des dialogues percutants. L'entrelacement de dessins et de photographies sublime le tout, et permet à la BD d'avoir un impact encore plus fort.
Je regrette seulement les quelques passages de maltraitance animale (que je ne peux pas reprocher à l'artiste d'avoir placé étant donné qu'il raconte la réalité de son périple, dans les meilleurs et les pires moments), mais ce sont des passages qui m'ont mis assez mal à l'aise (heureusement courts!). J'aurais aussi aimé une fin moins abrupte pour ce tome, ou du moins mieux amenée !
Je regrette seulement les quelques passages de maltraitance animale (que je ne peux pas reprocher à l'artiste d'avoir placé étant donné qu'il raconte la réalité de son périple, dans les meilleurs et les pires moments), mais ce sont des passages qui m'ont mis assez mal à l'aise (heureusement courts!). J'aurais aussi aimé une fin moins abrupte pour ce tome, ou du moins mieux amenée !
January 14, 2018
Le sujet est très intéressant mais je n’ai pas été convaincu par la forme mêlant dessins et photographies.
December 30, 2018
Un roman graphique!
Basé sur le voyage de Didier Lefèvre, qui accompagnant une équipe de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) depuis leur départ de Paris à leur péripétie en Afghanistan, en passant par le Pakistan.
J'ai trouvée la photo et le graphique présente une expérience incroyable et grâce à cela, on n'a pas un moment de ennuyeux.
La langue est facile à comprendre.
Cela aidera beaucoup à améliorer votre compréhension.
Lire absolument!
Basé sur le voyage de Didier Lefèvre, qui accompagnant une équipe de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) depuis leur départ de Paris à leur péripétie en Afghanistan, en passant par le Pakistan.
J'ai trouvée la photo et le graphique présente une expérience incroyable et grâce à cela, on n'a pas un moment de ennuyeux.
La langue est facile à comprendre.
Cela aidera beaucoup à améliorer votre compréhension.
Lire absolument!
November 27, 2021
Très belle œuvre ! Originale et profondément humaine. J’ai dévoré les trois livres la même soirée
March 11, 2022
L’aventure, la beauté des paysages, la dureté implacable de la guerre ; une fascinante plongée dans une autre culture, une autre époque
August 17, 2022
Só acho que poderia ter sido tudo em um volume, já que cada um não tem um desfecho.
June 17, 2024
« Quel dommage que tu ne sois pas musulmane, on va être dans des paradis différents »
September 9, 2025
Très beau, histoire bande dessinée illustrée avec photos. C'est intéressant et cela fait partie de l'histoire.
À suivre.. !
À suivre.. !
June 22, 2025
Un récit sincère, où photographies et dessins se répondent pour tisser un dialogue subtil entre ce qui se voit et ce qui se vit. Sur les routes d’un Afghanistan en guerre, un regard occidental — inévitablement partiel et situé — s’y déploie avec humilité et humanité.
March 31, 2020
Une plongée au coeur du Pakistan et de l'Afghanistan avec des médecins de MSF et un photographe qui est là pour réaliser un reportage.
Un début en douceur pour soudain entrer de plein fouet dans ce qui fait le quotidien de ces ONG qui traversent clandestinement des frontières pour aller aider des populations prises en étau entre URSS et Moudjahidines.
Les dessins tout en nuances sont magnifiques et mélangées aux photos prises à ces moments là.
Un début en douceur pour soudain entrer de plein fouet dans ce qui fait le quotidien de ces ONG qui traversent clandestinement des frontières pour aller aider des populations prises en étau entre URSS et Moudjahidines.
Les dessins tout en nuances sont magnifiques et mélangées aux photos prises à ces moments là.
February 27, 2013
[Review in Portuguese]
Sinopse:
Didier Lefèvre parte para ser fotógrafo em uma das missões dos Médicos Sem Fronteiras (MSF). Primeiramente, ele fica em Peshawar com os demais membros da equipe enquanto todo o equipamento é preparado.
A missão é feita na década de 80 (em 1986), enquanto o Afeganistão está ocupado pela União Soviética, e a ajuda humanitária levada pelos médicos é tão necessária quanto proibida. Assim sendo, chegar aos que dela precisam não é fácil e tudo deve ser feito clandestinamente - até mesmo o cruzamento da fronteira.
Nesse primeiro volume, Lefèvre conta o início de sua aventura - as dificuldades, as maravilhas, as diferenças.
O que eu achei da HQ:
Uma HQ feita a três mãos: Lefèvre vivenciou as aventuras que conta no livro, além de ter sido o responsável pelas belíssimas fotos que o ilustram; Guibert escreveu a história e a desenhou; por fim, Lemercier foi o responsável pela diagramação e coloração.
O resultado? Uma história incrível e tocante - além de visualmente linda.
A história de Lefèvre é muito interessante e nesse primeiro volume ele conta como saiu da França e foi parar no Afeganistão, fazendo um trabalho de fotógrafo para o grupo MSF. Ele fala das dificuldades, do que causou estranhamento, das pessoas que o cercaram.
Acho incrível a história que ele conta e ainda mais a narrativa de Guibert, que conseguiu traduzir a experiência do fotógrafo de forma emocionante através de suas palavras e figuras.
As ilustrações de Guibert são muito bonitas e ajudam bastante a contar as aventuras de Lefèvre. O leitor ainda poderá se encantar com algumas fotografias que também ilustram essa história - as fotos foram tiradas pelo próprio protagonista e são muito, muito bonitas.
Já na capa pode-se encontrar uma das imagens mais fortes e belas do primeiro volume (para entendê-la, entretanto, é preciso ler a história!).
A edição que eu comprei é uma que vem com "Edição Especial" escrito na capa e isso quer dizer "edição-vagabunda-lançada-a-preço-de-banana-no-Submarino".
Não é lá muito boa: não tem orelhas, a capa é mole, o papel não é muito bom. Mas a história está na íntegra (embora dividida em três volumes), as imagens são coloridas e a experiência de leitura é completa.
Além disso, não dá para reclamar muito, já que eu paguei R$ 2,70 por cada volume!
Se você gosta de HQs não pode perder esta - com certeza irá se encantar pelas aventuras do fotógrafo francês no Oriente Médio.
Já estou ansiosa para ler os próximos volumes e descobrir um pouco mais sobre a experiência de Lefèvre no Afeganistão.
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Sinopse:
Didier Lefèvre parte para ser fotógrafo em uma das missões dos Médicos Sem Fronteiras (MSF). Primeiramente, ele fica em Peshawar com os demais membros da equipe enquanto todo o equipamento é preparado.
A missão é feita na década de 80 (em 1986), enquanto o Afeganistão está ocupado pela União Soviética, e a ajuda humanitária levada pelos médicos é tão necessária quanto proibida. Assim sendo, chegar aos que dela precisam não é fácil e tudo deve ser feito clandestinamente - até mesmo o cruzamento da fronteira.
Nesse primeiro volume, Lefèvre conta o início de sua aventura - as dificuldades, as maravilhas, as diferenças.
O que eu achei da HQ:
Uma HQ feita a três mãos: Lefèvre vivenciou as aventuras que conta no livro, além de ter sido o responsável pelas belíssimas fotos que o ilustram; Guibert escreveu a história e a desenhou; por fim, Lemercier foi o responsável pela diagramação e coloração.
O resultado? Uma história incrível e tocante - além de visualmente linda.
A história de Lefèvre é muito interessante e nesse primeiro volume ele conta como saiu da França e foi parar no Afeganistão, fazendo um trabalho de fotógrafo para o grupo MSF. Ele fala das dificuldades, do que causou estranhamento, das pessoas que o cercaram.
Acho incrível a história que ele conta e ainda mais a narrativa de Guibert, que conseguiu traduzir a experiência do fotógrafo de forma emocionante através de suas palavras e figuras.
As ilustrações de Guibert são muito bonitas e ajudam bastante a contar as aventuras de Lefèvre. O leitor ainda poderá se encantar com algumas fotografias que também ilustram essa história - as fotos foram tiradas pelo próprio protagonista e são muito, muito bonitas.
Já na capa pode-se encontrar uma das imagens mais fortes e belas do primeiro volume (para entendê-la, entretanto, é preciso ler a história!).
A edição que eu comprei é uma que vem com "Edição Especial" escrito na capa e isso quer dizer "edição-vagabunda-lançada-a-preço-de-banana-no-Submarino".
Não é lá muito boa: não tem orelhas, a capa é mole, o papel não é muito bom. Mas a história está na íntegra (embora dividida em três volumes), as imagens são coloridas e a experiência de leitura é completa.
Além disso, não dá para reclamar muito, já que eu paguei R$ 2,70 por cada volume!
Se você gosta de HQs não pode perder esta - com certeza irá se encantar pelas aventuras do fotógrafo francês no Oriente Médio.
Já estou ansiosa para ler os próximos volumes e descobrir um pouco mais sobre a experiência de Lefèvre no Afeganistão.
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March 29, 2010
1986. De Franse fotograaf Didier Lefèvre trekt voor z'n eerste grote opdracht met Artsen Zonder Grenzen door een desolaat berglandschap van Pakistan naar Afghanistan, waar een oorlog woedt tussen de moedajhedien en de Sovjets.
Dit project leverde een vrij uniek graphic novelexperiment op, waarbij authentieke foto's (Didier Lefèvre), verhaal (Didier Lefèvre) en tekst en tekeningen (Emmanuel Guibert/Frédéric Lemercier) vloeiend in elkaar overgaan.
Dit project leverde een vrij uniek graphic novelexperiment op, waarbij authentieke foto's (Didier Lefèvre), verhaal (Didier Lefèvre) en tekst en tekeningen (Emmanuel Guibert/Frédéric Lemercier) vloeiend in elkaar overgaan.
June 26, 2009
This cartoon actracted me by the way it has been realized, a mix between real picture and drawing. IT is true story about the author. the only word for this serie it is simple amazing , we can't imagine that certain journalist-photographer live this type of life just in order to bring us some news
March 24, 2010
Zeer aangrijpend verstript fotoverslag over een AZG-missie naar Afghanistan in 1986. (deel 1). Expliciet maar absoluut niet sensationeel.
December 2, 2012
Superbe reportage photographique et graphique, en Afghanistan en 1986 avec Médecins sans frontières.
Ca été dévoré.
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January 20, 2013- envolventes fotos preto e branco!
April 1, 2013
Intéressant beau et instructif. Hâte de me mettre au tome 2
June 23, 2014
"Il n'y a pas de photographe-type. L'essentiel, pour faire techniquement de bonnes photos, c'est de manipuler l'appareil sans y penser."
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