Rémi Ochlik founded his own photography agency called IP3 Press in 2005 with the goal of covering news in Paris and conflicts around the world.  He covered the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008 and went to Haiti to cover the cholera epidemic and presidential elections in 2010. In 2011, Ochlik photographed the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions and the uprising and war in Libya. His work has been published in Le Monde Magazine, VSD, Paris Match, Time magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.

He was killed when a shell hit the building where he and other journalists were working in Homs, Syria, on 22 February 2012.

Emilie Blachère, Rémi’s girlfriend, wrote this love poem just after his death.  BBC Radio 4 recorded Emilie Blachère reading the poem, in English.

Rémi Ochlik’s beautiful work...

And the full transcript of the letter as originally published in Le Journal de la Photographie.