Joël Robine (Paris, 1949) worked for Agence France-Presse between 1978 and 2005, moving to the French agency’s head office in 1981. Since the early 1980s he has traveled the world, reporting on conflicts and natural disasters from Beirut to Rwanda and from Chechnya to the former Yugoslavia. Robine has also covered the Olympic Games several times. His work has been widely exhibited and he has judged a number of photography contests. In 2005, he founded his own company Place aux Images.
