Didier Ruef was born on 1961 and is a Swiss documentary photographer best known for his portrayal of man and waste, recycle and sustainability, Africa, man and animals, Swiss alpine farmers and contemporary Switzerland.
12 Facts About Didier Ruef
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Didier Ruef was born in Geneva, Switzerland on July 15,1961.
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Didier Ruef graduated from the University of Geneva, where he studied Economics.
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In 1985, Ruef went to New York, where he obtained a diploma in photojournalism at the International Center of Photography.
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Since returning to Switzerland in 1987, Didier Ruef started to work as a freelance documentary photographer and photojournalist and has visited all five continents, with a preference for Africa.
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Didier Ruef was a member of Network Photographers Agency in London from 1991 to 1997.
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Didier Ruef was a founding member in September 2002 of the Swiss photo agency, Pixsil, which he left in July 2009.
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Didier Ruef has worked with Medecins Sans Frontieres, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, Heks, Swiss Red Cross, the Syngenta Foundation and the World Council of Churches.
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Didier Ruef's pictures are published in numerous magazines and newspapers in Europe, Asia and Northern America.
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Didier Ruef won the King Albert Memorial Foundation Prize in 2000 for his book on Swiss mountain farmers.
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In 2000 and 2001, Didier Ruef was commissioned by the Swiss branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres for an extensive photographic report on daily life in six African countries.
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Didier Ruef has shot twenty photo essays and has finally published in 2011 the book Recycle, Labor et Fides and Edizioni Casagrande.