Jean-François Leroy uncorked his first bottle of champagne late Tuesday afternoon to celebrate, like every year, the opening of this 23rd edition of “Visa pour l’Image”, the International Photojournalism Festival in Perpignan.

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Martin Vorderwülbecke is the owner of DAPD and Sipa press. They are two, just like the “Dupont” by Hergé, but they are “owners” of many hundreds of “Tintin” in Germany and now in France, as a consequence of the acquisition of Sipa press. Peter Low and Martin Vorderwülbecke are...

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It is almost fifteen years since the Peace Accords ending the Guatemalan internal armed conflict were signed by the State and the revolutionary guerrilla organization. Yet violence in this Central American country has now surpassed levels experienced during the war.

The ...

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This three year journey in pictures came about in the wake of a project shot in 2008 documenting the disturbing gun and knife crime issues around Britain's youth. Given my experience with the criminal underworld, photographed years earlier in The Firm, I decided to look once more at th...

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The war between the Ugandan Army and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been waged for more than twenty years. It has been described as the world's worst forgotten humanitarian crisis and is now before the International Criminal Court for LRA massacres of civilians.
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A ten-year trip visiting 74 prisons for men and women in every South American country turned out to be a portrait of the Continent, describing troubles, violence and massive overcrowding, as well as lifestyle, habits and the mood of the inmates. The story offers an in-de...

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Flat as a frying pan and for the most part only five meters above sea level, Bangladesh is among the nations most vulnerable to climate change. With the added challenges of poverty and one of the highest population densities in the world, it would be easy to think the fight against natur...

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Over the past half century, Burma has gone from being the richest to the poorest country in Southeast Asia, and at the same time has become one of the most isolated nations in the world. Today its military rulers are courting tourists and foreign investors who are shown only the handsome temp...

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In Los Angeles, California, each day brings peril for the innocent victims living in the crossfire of deadly gang violence. No matter where the bullet finds them, no matter what their race or economic status, the trajectory of their lives will change forever. Survivors neve...

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All week we will be presenting the Visa pour l’Image partners. Today is Jean-François Camp DUPON laboratory. Created in 1975 in Paris, the DUPON laboratory was originally destined for photographers. Its vocation has been to develop film morning, noon and night. The lab would work from ...

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A certain number of foundations, associations, groups and private or public organisations support photojournalism and fund it or create important prizes. On the occasion of Visa we wanted to list these for you.

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To reward the year’s young photographer who has produced the best photo reportage, published or not

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To support photojournalists in a difficult context, through the help and financing of three projects that will be exhibited during next year’s VISA and in different FNAC locations.

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