Friday : 18h00 – At the restaurant Saint-Jean, the Lucas Dolega association offers a drink to announce the opening of submissions for the second edition of the Prix Lucas Dolega, with a November deadline. Hurry up and submit! (Visit their site for details.) - 19h00 – Ge...

09.09.2012[ read full story ]

One of the most noticeable absences from this year’s festival is of course Gökşin Sipahioğlu, who passed away one year ago. Michel Setboun paid him tribute by publishing 40 ans de photojournalisme: Génération Sipa, which we covered last week. All of the old Sipa photogra...

09.09.2012[ read full story ]

The Rencontres 9PH festival opened last Friday at the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon. Michel Poivert was hosting a roundtable discussion with some of the photographers on display in the event’s fifteen exhibition spaces. These interviews allow us to compare the visions of histo...

17.09.2012[ read full story ]

Breakfast at Cafe de la Poste by the mini-castle, coffee and croissant with Michel Puech, who told us a fantastic story about his involvement with Le Minitel, France’s early version of the internet. He attended a presentation in Paris by leaders of Sun Microsystems, Micro...

06.09.2012[ read full story ]

I awoke on stage today as I was being interviewed by journalist Caroline Laurent of Elle, her questions incisive, informed and challenging, as we discussed my work. Caroline is leading photographers in conversation similar to the book shows I've seen on late nigh...

05.09.2012[ read full story ]

As my wife Tereza and I descended through treacherous crosswinds into Perpignan today I sat up sharp with the recollection of my promise to deliver a daily diary to Le Journal- so here we go. I’ve heard for years about Visa Pour L’Image and now am both terrified and thril...

04.09.2012[ read full story ]

From September 1 to 16, Perpignan will host the festival of photojournalism “Visa pour l’Image”, the annual meeting for those whose job is to provide us with images to help us better understand the world we live in.
Now in its 24th year, hundreds of...

03.09.2012[ read full story ]

Five years ago at Visa pour l’Image, Stanley Greene and a few of his followers launched Noor. An agency, foundation and artists collective, Noor offers an alternative to photojournalists in these difficult economic times. A decrease in financing results bring a drop in quality, and...

07.09.2012[ read full story ]

Here we are, the professional week is ending. I walk across the Palais des Congrès, but everybody is already gone. Whereas we are waiting for the last party tonight, I ask this question to the people I meet : what did you think about this edition of Visa pour l'Image ?

10.09.2012[ read full story ]

This project is a record of the circumstances that migrants people, escaping from the most ravaged regions of West and Sub-Saharan Africa, experience daily in the city of Ceuta, at the edge of the southernmost corner of the European Union.
Ceuta, along with Melilla, is a ...

09.09.2012[ read full story ]