He is Mr. Photo of Paris Match, in other words the person whom all photographers dream of convincing about a project. By saying “yes” he can offer the front page or a double page or more in the magazine that after more than sixty years is still the major French weekly of news,...

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It was the buzz of the night: James Nachtwey is no longer affiliated with VII and is currently managing with his professional affair through his own studio. VII Photo’s managing director Stephen Mayes tells British Journal of Photography. Alain Mingam, his friend and “ancien compagnon de rou...

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Founded in 2002 by Philippe Deblauwe, Benjamin Vié and a small group of photographers, Picturetank is a co-op photoagency and an international network of independent authors and collective structures.

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"Let's face it, the heroes these days are not the lawyers or the politicians, the heroes are the guys flashing the money," says Narco music promoter Joel Vasquez outside a Narco-Corrido club in Los Angeles. "The market is bigger than ever. I think we can be the next Hip-Hop." While death...

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João Silva was seriously injured in Afghanistan on October 23, 2010, when covering military operations by coalition forces. João, a veteran war photographer and member of the celebrated Bang-Bang Club in South Africa, has made a number of trips to Afghanistan over a period of almost ten year...

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The founding fathers of the state of Israel dreamt of building a society united by the bond of the Jewish faith - a dream now shattered. Israel, the nation renowned for its dynamic economy and aspirations encouraging aliyah, bringing Jews back to the Holy Land and uniting the...

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On March 11, Japan was struck by a series of shocks and a massive earthquake reaching almost 9 on the Richter scale, triggering a tsunami with waves 10 to 20 meters high crashing onto the coast, sweeping away houses, buildings and cars, wreaking total havoc. Another disaster then came after t...

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Ocean Soul is a love story. It is a story of discovery. It is a story of hope. With Ocean Soul, award-winning photographer Brian Skerry shows the ocean as a place of beauty and mystery, a place in trouble, and ultimately, a place of hope that will rebound with proper attention and care. Ocea...

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I never miss the “Visa pour l’Image” festival. As a representative of my magazine “Elle” of course, which has been a sponsor of the photojournalism festival since 2003, but also for myself.

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The old and large village Iza is located in a wide plain among Carpathian ridges. It is well-known because all its residents, the local priest and policeman included, are engaged in withe wickerwork. Instead of carrots, cabbages, and potatoes, they grow willows on their plots of land. ...

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Because she was looking for (as always, for yesterday) photos to illustrate the genesis of a pine tree, and she couldn't find anything in her normal searches.

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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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Mazen Saggar is a photographer from Iraq, he presents his work on the damage in Nigeria oil on the environment.

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Valerio Bispuri (40), is a photographer from Roma. He presents his work "Encerrados - Prisons in South America" is currently on display at the convent of minimal for this new edition of Visa pour l'Image.

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For the second year, the National Association of Iconographers, awards the ANI / PixPalace a young photographer. Lurdes R. Basoli (30), a young Barcelona photographer win the prize with her work "Caracas. The city of lost bullets."

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“The zone”, France 24-RFI Prize for “webdoc” (web documentary)
This web-documentary, co-produced by Agat Films and Le Monde was directed by two journalists Bruno Masi and Guillaume Herbaut, a well-known photojournalist at “Visa pour l’image”. The project focuses on Chern...

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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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The prize HCB is defined as a prize dedicated to helping a photographer to produce a project. Destined to an experienced photographer with a substantive work.

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Created in 1955 by Gens d’images, the Niépce prize is sponsored by Marin Karmitz’s MK2 and also by the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Ministry of Culture, the Gallery Esther Woerdehoff and the Atelier Label image. No spontaneous candidacy will be accepted.

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The Photographic reportage Paris Match Grand Prix was created in 1980 by Roger Thérond and Jean-Luc Monterosso. It is aimed to all French photographers and is decided every two years by an international jury, with Mr. Olivier Royant, Editor in chief of Paris Match. The winner will be awarded ...

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Within the context of your travels, studies, internships or holidays, humanitarian projects, artistic or sport festivals, you are actors and witnesses of the events that matter. These particular moments, these slices of life, you can turn them into images and engrave them in...

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