Alexandra Boulat is a world class French photographer, born in Paris in 1962. She was trained in graphic art and art history at the Beaux Arts in Paris. In 2001, she co-founded the VII Photo Agency. Before then she had been represented by Sipa Press and by her mother's agency, Cosmos. Her work has appeared in many magazines, including Time, Newsweek, Paris Match and National Geographic Magazine. Boulat has also received numerous international awards. Since 2006 she has been concentrating primarily on the conflict in Gaza. In June, she suffered a brain aneurysm[1] and spent three weeks in a hospital in Israel in a medically induced coma. She is now in France, but remains in a coma. [2] Thousands of colleagues and fans have poured out their support for her. Alex passed away in her sleep in Paris on October 5. 2007 according to a close family friend. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... ... // VII Photo Agency VII derives its name from the number of photojournalists who, in September 2001, founded this collectively owned agency. ... Time (whose trademark is capitalized TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... The National Geographic Magazine, later shortened to National Geographic, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society. ... A cerebral aneurysm or brain aneurysm is a cerebrovascular disorder in which weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery or vein causes a localized dilation or ballooning of the blood vessel. ...