Elise Blanchard is a freelance photojournalist and videographer. She has been based in Afghanistan for six years, including two at AFP’s Kabul bureau.
She currently works as a freelancer for international media. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, AFP, Guardian, Le Figaro, ELLE, Corriere della Sera, Liberation, Die Zeit, Ouest France, VICE News, La Presse, Grazia, La Croix, Le Temps, and more.
Elise also regularly collaborated with NGOs and UN agencies shooting photo stories and video for organisations including MSF, Handicap International, IOM, WFP, OCHA, CARE, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Action Against Hunger, the Aga Khan Development Network, Cordaid, Intersos, ACTED, Geneva Call, ActionAid, and more.
She received her dual master’s degree in journalism from Sciences Po in Paris and Columbia University in New York.
