"Leica European Publishers Award for Photography 2006".





Besides having his book project 'Beijing' published, the Frenchman Ambroise Tézenas will receive prize money of 10,000 euros and an engraved LEICA M7 rangefinder system camera.





Born in Paris, Ambroise Tézenas studied at the College of Applied Arts in Vevey (Switzerland) and now works as a freelance photographer for the international press.





His work has already been published in magazines such as The New York Times, Libération, Paris Match, Geo and Images.