Photo by Joël Saget / AFP

Frenchman made in Spain (Madrid, 1970).

Journalist at Agence France-Presse (AFP) since 1994. Initials: roc.

Currently a news editor in Seoul, South Korea. Previously based in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Madrid, Paris, Perpignan and Nova Scotia, Canada.

Founder and former editor of the AFP Blogs (Making-of, Correspondent).

Graduate of the Ecole supérieure de journalisme de Lille (ESJ) and the Gobelins School of Image in Paris.

Journalism is my profession, but I am not a photojournalist.

Photography is just another form of writing, an excuse to go out, to open my eyes, to meet people, to take a breath of fresh air after a long shift at the news editing desk, and to understand the country where I live.

My work in South Korea has been featured in Docu Magazine in July 2024, click here to order a copy.

All the images here belong to me. Do not steal them.

Roland de Courson