Photo Gallery

Luc Montagnier receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

Luc Montagnier after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Hans Mehlin

 

The 2008 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2008. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Economics Laureate Paul Krugman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Laureates in Physics Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Mia Åkermark

 

Luc Montagnier (left) during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

The 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine: Luc Montagnier (front row, third from left), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (front row, third from right) and Harald zur Hausen (front row, second from right), together with Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President of Karolinska Institutet (front row, middle) and students dressed in Swedish national costumes at the Karolinska Institutet reception, Stockholm, 7 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Torbjörn Zadig

 

From left: Luc Montagnier, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen after delivering their Nobel Lectures at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Torbjörn Zadig

 

Luc Montagnier at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Torbjörn Zadig

 

Luc Montagnier delivering his Nobel Lecture at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Torbjörn Zadig

 

Luc Montagnier, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Museum 2008 Photo: Christine Olsson

 

Luc Montagnier (left), with fellow Medicine Laureates Harald zur Hausen (centre) and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (right) during their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008 Photo: Merci Olsson

 

Luc Montagnier at a press conference at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 7 October 2008. Copyright © UNESCO 2008 Photo: Michel Ravassard

 

Press conference at the UNESCO headquarters. From left to right: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2008; Alice Dautry, Director-General of the Institut Pasteur; Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO; Luc Montagnier, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2008. Copyright © UNESCO 2008 Photo: Michel Ravassard

 

UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura (left) applauded the award of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Luc Montagnier, who works closely with UNESCO, notably through the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention. Copyright © UNESCO 2008 Photo: Michel Ravassard