Monique Jacot Explained

Monique Jacot (1934 – 6 August 2024) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist.^[1] Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.^[2]

Early life and education

Jacot studied at the école des Arts et Métiers de Vevey from 1953 to 1956. Gertrude Fehr was one of her professors.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Jacot was among the first women photojournalists. She travelled to Yemen frequently in the 1980s, and provided reporting for numerous noted magazines and newspapers, including Camera, Elle, L'Illustré, Schweizer Illustrierte, Du, Réalités, and Vogue Paris.^[5] Àlso in the 1980s, Jacot published several works on the conditions faced by women: Femmes de la terre in 1989, on the subject of Swiss women working in agriculture, Printemps de femmes in 1994 and Cadences : l'usine au féminin in 1999. During her career she was a staff photographer for the World Health Organization.^[6]

Jacot died on 6 August 2024, at the age of 89.^[7]

Publications

• Femmes de la terre (1989)
• Printemps de femmes (1994)
• Cadences : l'usine au féminin (1999)

Awards

• 1974: Federal prize for Applied Arts^[8]
• 2005: Grand prize in photography from the Fondation vaudoise pour la culture^[9]
• 2020: Grand Prize in Design, on the recommendation of the Swiss Design Commission^{[10] [11]}

Collections

Jacot's work is included in the following permanent collection:

• Museum of Fine Arts Houston

6 prints (as of 20 October 2024)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-09-14. Monique Jacot Is The Pioneering Female Photographer You Don't Know, But Should. 6 January 2015. HuffPost UK.
2. Web site: Works Monique Jacot People The MFAH Collections . 2024-10-29 . emuseum.mfah.org.
3. Web site: Jacot, Monique . hls-dhs-dss.ch . fr.
4. Web site: Jaunin . Françoise . Militante et poète . 24heures.ch.
5. Web site: Monique Jacot . rts.ch . fr . 3 February 1975.
6. Web site: Friedman . Julia . A Woman Who Wielded a Camera Like a Brush . Hyperallergic . 22 December 2014.
7. News: Addio a Monique Jacot . 8 August 2024 . RSI . 8 August 2024.
8. Web site: De l'Arabie heureuse, trésors de voyages . Le Temps . fr . 4 December 2019.
9. Web site: Fondation vaudoise pour la culture . www.fvpc.ch.
10. Web site: Grand Prix Design 2020 pour Ida Gut, Monique Jacot et Kueng Caputo . rts.ch . fr . 3 July 2020.
11. Web site: Monique Jacot, de l'expérimentation et des plumes . Le Temps . fr . 14 August 2020.