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Victor Raison

INTERNATIONAL RJF GRANTEE

Victor Raison is a French journalist and photographer born in Switzerland.

After graduating with a master’s degree in literature from La Sorbonne University and a master’s degree in photojournalism at the London College of Communication, he started working as a photographer for Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, New Caledonia’s local newspaper.

He then settled in Colombia as a freelance photographer and journalist. He received a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a master's in journalism at Columbia University during the pandemic.

Raison is working on long-term projects documenting Colombia’s violence, drug trafficking, and environmental issues. He also focuses on migration issues with neighboring Venezuela and Ejército de Liberación Nacional, a guerrilla group.

Victor Raison