Pierre Zakrzewski

2022 - 3 - 15

Fox News

'I have a duty to tell their story' - Pierre Zakrzewski (RTE.ie)

An Irish cameraman who was killed outside Kyiv in Ukraine said his job as a cameraman suited his personality, as he wrote about his work in 2004.

Two of his brothers and his mother still live in Ireland. "When you think you have seen the worst excesses of man's inhumanity to man you realise the strength of the human spirit," he added. He recounted his experience in Liberia, of "uncontrolled child soldiers, indiscriminate civilian deaths, and dictators more interested in lining their own pockets than looking after the welfare of the population". "Although it can be exhausting, there is nothing more rewarding than experiencing the smiles, hospitality, and camaraderie of these people," he said. Pierre said his education at St Conleth's, along with encountering the mix of personalities of students and teachers there, helped him in his career. An Irish cameraman who was killed outside Kyiv in Ukraine said his job as a cameraman suited his personality, as he wrote about his work a number of years ago.

'Proud' Irishman Pierre Zakrzewski's mother tells of heartbreak after ... (Sunday World)

Every time photojournalist Pierre Zakrzewski found himself approaching a checkpoint in a troubled land, he would prepare the same speech.

"He was kind of a chameleon. Then eventually Fox got him." "He could shave of his moustache and be a suave Frenchman but ultimately he was like 'howya lads' - he was an Irish guy and he was a very intrepid kind of fella." "It happened on Monday afternoon at some time, I wasn't told and then in the evening Michelle, his wife, Sky rang her to tell her he was missing and then at lunchtime we got confirmation of his death," his mother said. "He was, in spite of his name, and his French mother and his Polish father, he was 100pc Irish and he objected when people didn't believe him," she said. The Zakrzewski family moved to Dublin in the 70s and settled in Leopardstown. Pierre was the second of five children and he attended St Conleth's College

Tributes Paid To Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski Killed In Ukraine (98FM)

The National Union of Journalists has condemned the killing of Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra K...

(Pierre stands in the back row of his graduating class, third from right.)pic.twitter.com/a5xFXaIYxQ Deeply disturbed and saddened by the killing of Irish citizen and journalist Pierre Zakrzewski and one of his colleagues today. The National Union of Journalists has condemned the killing of Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova in Ukraine.

Pierre Zakrzewski was a 'free spirit' who was adored by his family ... (The Irish Times)

Irish journalist killed in Ukraine was loved to help people and was proud of his roots.

“He was very good at keeping in contact” and could turn up anywhere at a family gathering. After college their brother had gone travelling and it was a combination of travel and videography that led him to his career in photojournalism. The “dodgiest scenarios”, according to Pierre, were when the frontline was not obvious. It had been heartening to see the high regard in which colleagues held Pierre and the many comments that people felt safe and confident when working with him. Born in August 1966, Pierre was the second-eldest of six children: four boys and two girls. Nick and Greg Zakrzewski told RTÉ radio’s Today with Claire Byrne show that Pierre was very proud of being Irish and the access that gave him.

'He was Pierre Zakrzewski, he was pure Irish': Mum's tribute to ... (Irish Examiner)

Veteran photographer Pierre Zakrzewski, a "proud Dubliner", was killed during a Russian attack outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, alongside a female colleague ...

I was born and bred in Dublin, so I am Irish’.” It's a very, very sad day for his family, for Fox News." It was his choice. “It was really his life. “He was Pierre Zakrzewski, he was pure Irish. He was Irish and he didn’t like being doubted. “Our CEO Susanne Scott noted a few moments ago that Pierre jumped in to help out with all sorts of roles in the field — photographer and engineer and editor and producer and he did it all under immense pressure and with tremendous skill."

Pierre Zakrzewski's family hopes mission to bring him home will ... (Independent.ie)

The mother of Irish photojournalist Pierre Zakrzewski (55), who was killed in Ukraine this week, hopes the mission to bring his body home will begin ...

“He always said that was the dodgiest scenario to be in. You don’t know,” he said. “He was so proud of being Irish and the access and the view worldwide of the Irish, it’s a real positive thing,” he said. “He was filming, but he was also doing all sorts of other things and lately he was, because he spent two months in Afghanistan, he was working to get Afghans out of Afghanistan,” his mother said. The Zakrzewski family heard of Pierre’s death on Tuesday afternoon and his mother said she was trying “not to think about it” and to “just keep going”. “Even my son in New York, he has been getting calls from the media over there and he said the reaction from all of Pierre’s colleagues has been amazing.”