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Jean Pierre Laffont (born January 29, 1935, in Algeria) first arrived in the United States in 1965 as staff photographer for Status Magazine and U.S. Correspondent for the French-based agency, Reporters Associes. In 1969, Laffont became the first Foreign Correspondent for the Gamma Agency and founded the U.S. bureau of Gamma with his wife, Eliane. In 1973, the Laffonts co-founded Sygma Photo News. His work has appeared in all major publications worldwide including Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, Paris Match, Figaro Magazine, Stern, Bunte, Epoca, and The Sunday Times Magazine, among others. Laffont was awarded The Madeleine Ross Award and the World Press Award for the work he did documenting child labour in the 1970s. In 1996, Laffont was awarded the French National order "Chevalier des Arts & Lettres." Sir Harold Matthew Evans (born 28 June 1928) is a British-born journalist and writer who was editor of The Sunday Times. He has held leading positions in journalism with US News and World Report, The Atlantic Monthly, and the New York Daily News. In 1986 he founded Conde Nast Traveler. He has written various books on history and journalism, including The American Century (1998). Since 2001, Evans has served as editor-at-large of The Week Magazine and since 2005, he has been a contributor to The Guardian and BBC Radio 4. In 2011 Sir Harold Evans was appointed editor-at-large of the Reuters news agency.