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Photojournalist Alexandra Boulat Suffers Brain Aneurysm June 22, 2007 By Daryl Lang Updated Monday, June 25
Conflict photojournalist
Alexandra Boulat suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm and remains in a medically induced coma, according to her agency.
"We're all praying for her at this point and hoping for a full recovery," said
Frank Evers, managing director of VII, Boulat's agency.
Boulat, who was in Israel working on assignments, is being treated at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. She underwent a successful five-hour operation Thursday, Evers said. Surgeons induced a coma and will monitor her to decide when to bring her out of the coma, Evers said.
Evers said VII will collect money to help with Boulat's medical expenses. Those wishing to help can send checks to VII through its Los Angeles office: 920 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA, 90291. The checks should note that the money is for the Alex Boulat Fund. Evers adds that contributions can also be made through PayPal to
frank@viiphoto.com, also with a note that the money is for the Alex Boulat Fund. Additional contact information is on the
VII web site.
Boulat spent years throughout the 1990s covering ethnic conflicts in Yugoslavia for Sipa. In 2001, she became one of the founding members of the VII cooperative. She has covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, and elsewhere.
Her work has appeared in magazines such as
Time, Newsweek, National Geographic and
Paris-Match and she has won a number of international awards.
Boulat was born in Paris in 1962 and is the daughter of
Life staff photographer
Pierre Boulat and Cosmos photo agency founder
Annie Boulat.
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