Visa pour l'Image explained

Visa pour l'Image
Genre:Festival photography
Founded:1989
Location:Perpignan, France

Visa pour l'Image is an international photojournalism festival established in 1989, which takes place annually in the entire city of Perpignan, France.[1] [2] This is the main and most important festival of photojournalism in France and runs from late August to mid-September for a period of 15 days.[3] [4]

Visa pour l'Image not only offers exhibitions spread across the city, but also conferences and meetings. Photographers such as Herb Ritts and Claude Gassian have participated in the festival.

In April 2019, Renaud Dondieu de Vabres succeeded Jean-Paul Grimolet as president of the Visa association for the image that oversees the festival.[5] In 2022, the festival will run from August 27 to September 11. The professional week takes place from August 29 to September 42. The period reserved for schools is from September 12 to 23.[6]

France: awards

2012

The awards for 2012 were as follows.

2013

The awards for 2013 were as follows.[7]

2014

The awards for 2014 were as follows.[8]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-08-31. ‘Our eyes on the world’: 30 years of Visa Pour l’Image. CNN.
  2. Web site: 2019-08-31. La vie, les crises et l’environnement montrés à Visa pour l’image. 31 August 2019. www.lefigaro.fr.
  3. Web site: 2019-08-31. Visa pour l’Image returns with a focus on press freedom and fake news. 28 August 2019. British Journal of Photography.
  4. News: 2019-08-31. Visa pour l’image : " Une paupérisation du photojournalisme ". 1 September 2018. Le Monde.
  5. Web site: Torres . Maïté . 2019-04-17 . Visa pour l'Image - Un ancien ministre de la Culture succède à Jean-Paul Griolet . 2022-09-15 . MADE IN PERPIGNAN . fr-FR.
  6. Web site: Festival International du Photojournalisme . 2022-08-08 . Visa pour l’image . fr.
  7. http://www.visapourlimage.com/history.do Site officiel, section Historique
  8. Web site: Et les lauréats de Visa 2014 sont …. ESJPRO. 2014-09-05. Voir visa pour l'image 2014. fr-FR. 2019-08-31.