Biography
Director of Polka Magazine
Born in Caen (Normandy) in 1950, Alain Genestar is the Director of Polka, which he founded with his son Edouard Genestar and his daughter Adélie de Ipanema in 2007. After a few years at Le Monde, Alain Genestar became the youngest editor-in-chief in France when he headed the newspaper L'Echo républicain.
From 1987 to 1999, he directed the Journal du Dimanche before occupying the same position at Paris Match for over seven years. He left the weekly in 2006 and moved by his passion for photojournalism, started his own venture, Polka, the following year.
Favorite pictures
Jury
© Daido Moriyama
© Elliott Erwitt / courtesy of Polka
© Joel Meyerowitz / Courtesy Polka Galerie
© William Klein
© Matt Henry
© William Klein / Courtesy of Polka Galerie
© Linda McCartney
© Martin Parr
© Robert Doisneau
© Kourtney Roy
© Sebastien Salgado
© Claude Nori
© Françoise Huguier
© Bertrand Langlois, AFP/ Getty Images
© Eliott Erwitt
© Massimo Siragusa
© Eliott Erwitt
© Massimo Siragusa / Courtesy Polka Galerie
© Yann Arthus-Bertrand
© Frank Horvat
© David Burnett/Contact Press Images
© Natan Dvir (Série Coming Soon)
