Gilles Peress

French, born 1946

Gilles Peress has had work exhibited in numerous museums. His books include “The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar” (1998), “The Silence: Rwanda” (1995), “Farewell to Bosnia” (1994) and “Telex Iran” (1984). He is Professor of Human Rights and Photography at Bard College, and Senior Research Fellow at the Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley. He joined Magnum in 1972.