Robert Pledge
Robert Pledge
A student of West African languages and anthropology, Robert found his way into journalism to become an editor in 1970 at the French visual arts magazine Zoom; in 1973, he became the director of the New York office of the picture agency Gamma. In 1976, he co-founded the independent, international Contact Press Images Agency. Robert has curated major photographic exhibitions around the world including: “Photojournalism Since Vietnam” (1987); “Gilles Caron – Plutôt la vie” (1998); “Jane Evelyn Atwood –Too Much Time: Women in Prison” (2000); “Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism“ (2006); “Robert Frank – The Americans: Walking through the pages“ (2007); “Don McCullin – The Impossible Peace” (2012). Has sat on many international juries including The World Press Photo Foundation. Robert has edited acclaimed book such as: Red-Color News Soldier(2003) with Chinese photographer Li Zhensheng; David Burnett’s 44 Days: Iran and the Remaking of the World (2009); and Quelque part en France – l’été 1944 de John G. Morris (2014). He is a member and former president of the Board of Trustees of the W. Eugene Smith Fund, (USA) and current president of the Board of Trustees of the Dotation Catherine Leroy (France).