A PHOTOGRAPHER'S
FAVORITES
V
alerie Macon began her
career as a reporter in
Paris before transitioning
to photojournalism. She
has traveled the world to capture
compelling images from war zones in
Romania to drug cartels in Colombia
and undersea life off the coast of
Tahiti. ¶ "I've always been fascinated
by the interplay of light and color,
intrigued by capturing people in
their most meaningful moments
and compelled by the power of the
image in providing information and
storytelling," she said. ¶ Now an
Agence France-Presse photographer
based in Los Angeles, Macon
has spent much of the pandemic
documenting COVID-19 testing as
well as the vaccination effort. But
in an average year of red carpet
premieres and award ceremonies,
Macon is a familiar face from the
Oscars to the Grammys. For the past
decade, she has photographed the
annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
®
on behalf of SAG-AFTRA. Here, she
shares with us a few of her favorite
images from over the years.
F O L L O W VA L E R I E M A C O N
O N I N S TA G R A M
@ VA L E R I E M A C O N
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VALERIE
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