The days of traditional news agencies are gone, this is the era of stock photos online and based on an economic model comparable to that of Airlines: offshoring, removal of social benefits and cut throat competition.

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In January 2005, a peace agreement putting an end to the longest civil war in Africa was signed between northern and southern Sudan. Under the terms of the agreement, a referendum was to be held for the people of southern Sudan; so in January this year, history was made when 98% ...

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France has 24 administrative holding centers "accommodating" 32 268 detainees; the average age is 32. Over one year, a total of 29 796 such detainees were deported for a total cost of 533 million euros, i.e. approximately 27 000 euros per person deported.

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When protests in the Arab world began to challenge the regimes in power, Yuri Kozyrev set off for Egypt to document the situation. He then traveled to Bahrain and Libya, reporting there for two months for Time Magazine. Yuri had already traveled to Yemen in December 2010; his photo...

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A few words written on the walls on Change Square in Sana'a are a reminder that this is the epicenter of the protest movement in Yemen. Since late January 2011, thousands have been demonstrating here every day, calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has held power for 33 years, t...

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England has never exactly been glamorous. Many of the English still insist on embarrassing themselves, wearing laughable clothing, eating terrible food and behaving inappropriately. England Uncensored is a laugh-out-loud romp through this often badly behaved nation, a comprehensive p...

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Every day at the pedestrian border of Biutz in Ceuta and El Barrio Chino in Melilla thousands of Moroccans, mostly women, make long queues to enter the cities and participate in an institutionalized smuggling that takes place every week from Monday to Thursday, within the same time...

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The Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) recently gave Malik Nejmi carte blanche to photograph the world of racing and betting at France’s bars and racetracks. The resulting images comprising the series “France, Turfisme” bring together some forty photographs taken over a three-month period in whi...

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Despite the crisis in photojournalism, Visa is attracting more and more photographers who retain the faith and who wish to present and share their work. Yan Morvan and Nathalie-Anne Boucher went to meet them. Here are some portraits they made.

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For twelve years, the National Association of Iconographers organizes readings professional portfolios during the week of the International Festival of Photojournalism 'Visa pour l'image "and thus receives more than 300 photographers from all backgrounds to advise and guide them.

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Fact or friction? Julian Assange, founder of whistle-blowing web site WikiLeaks.com has created controversy like no other in recent times. Protests, demonstrations and court appearances all seek the truth. The rape allegation: a cover-up or a conspiracy? Caught in a legal limbo-...

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Each year, with the beginning of the Holy Week, an exceptional festival starts in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines. Since the beginning of the week lots of local boys walk around and perform the act of flagellation. The final day is Good Friday which starts with a ...

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When Kurt Mutchler was named National Geographic’s Executive Editor for Photography in August of 2010, he took over a department that had undergone great changes and was looking ahead to even more. A former newspaper photographer, Mutchler began working for Geo...

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The Golden Visa Arthus-Bertrand awards the best reportages produced between two editions of Visa pour l'Image. Firstly, the heads of international photo magazines appoint their winner. A second jury will decide the winner in Perpignan for each category.
The awards are a creation of the ...

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FRANCE 24, International information network and RFI, international information radio station have created in 2009 the first prize for web documentary production in partnership with the photojournalism festival Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan.
 Through this prize, FRANCE 24 and R...

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For over eleven years, the Association Nationale des Iconographes (ANI) organizes portfolio readings during the professional week of the Festival International du Photojournalisme « Visa pour l’Image" à Perpignan », in order to advise and to give direction to photographers.
At the end of the fe...

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According to a subject, the choice of treatment is given to the photojournalists, who are free to choose a political, economic, social or cultural angle.

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World Press Photo prize aims at promoting the international development of photojournalism, encouraging the transmission of knowledge and to promote free and unrestrained exchange of information.

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