Agnes Dherbeys Wins Robert Capa Medal from Overseas Press Club

At the bamboo barricades: Detail from one of Agnes Dherbeys’ images of the 2010 anti-government riots in Thailand.

At last night’s Overseas Press Club (OPC) awards dinner in New York, Agnes Dherbeys was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal, bestowed annually for “the best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise.” Born in Korea, raised in France, and now based in Bangkok, the freelance photojournalist was honored for demonstrating “exceptional courage and enterprise” in capturing images of the massive anti-government protests that turned the Thai capital into a battleground during the spring of 2010.

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