Based in Bangkok, Belgian photojournalist Thierry Falise has covered South-East Asia and beyond since the mid-eighties, both features and news reporting (as a correspondent for Gamma photo agency and today for Bangkok-based Onasia photography agency). In 2003, TV colleague Vincent Reynaud and Falise were arrested in Laos after completing a forbidden story on a Hmong minority waiting for the return of its former American ally. Sentenced to 15 years of prison, the two reporters were released after five weeks in jail thanks to an international solidarity campaign.
Falise also worked as a writer, photographer or consultant on corporate, NGOs and institutional assignments.
In 2005, he published his first novel in French, “Les Petits Généraux de Yadana” (Anne Carrière Editions).
In February 2007, he published the first biography in French of the Burmese pro-democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, “Le jasmin ou la lune” (Florent Massot Editions).
His reportage (photos, text) appeared in a number of publications such as:
-FRANCE: L’Express, Le Figaro Magazine, Grands Reportages, Libération, Marie-Claire, Marie-France, Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Point, Paris-Match, Point de Vue, Voici, VSD, ...
-GERMANY: Amica, Bild Am Sontag, Der Spiegel, Die Welt,...
-ITALY: La Reppublica, Sette,...
-PORTUGAL: Expresso, Revista,...
SPAIN: El Mundo, El Pais, ...
-SWEDEN: Aftonbladet, Tre Mag, ...
-SWITZERLAND: Fémina, L’Illustré, La Tribune de Genève,...
-UNITED KINGDOM: The Mail On Sunday, Maxim, Now, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph Magazine,...
-USA: Newsweek, New York Times, Talk, Time,...
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NON EDITORIAL CLIENTS: ActionAid, Care, ILO, IOM, SOS International, UNDP, UNICEF, WHO...