36th Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan

Perpignan · Visa pour l'Image - Perpignan

31.08.24 → 15.09.24

EDITORIAL
The dramatic increase in the number of photographers, or at least of persons claiming to be so, has coincided with a reverse phenomenon which is the disappearance of picture editors. When we heard that Kathy Ryan was retiring after 39 years at the New York Times Magazine, we felt great sorrow and a wave of nostalgia. Someone will no doubt take her place, but many other media are simply doing away with these positions or appointing novices. At Visa pour l’Image we have an opportunity to pay tribute to these figures so often overlooked, but who play a crucial role in maintaining the editorial standards of a newspaper, and also the standards of the entire industry.
How many exhibitions and feature stories screened in the evening shows in Perpignan can be traced back to a phone call from one of these picture editors, to their enthusiasm for a report they produced or noticed? How many thousands of euros have they managed to salvage in budget allocations for photo departments in the face of drastic cost- cutting measures? How many stories that are now legendary were made possible through the daring, flair and creative spirit of professional picture editors who realize that a good headline gets an even better reaction when there is a good photo to go with it? Yet readers and the general public usually have no idea of who the picture editors are, and sometimes they are quite unaware of the photographers too. It is an unfortunate state of affairs.
The tragic and powerful photograph taken by Mohammad Salem has just received the World Press Photo award, and behind it is a talented team under the leadership of Rickey Rogers who had the skill to pick out the one photo from a steady influx of images, finding the one that makes us stop and think.
The talent of a worthy picture editor is particularly relevant in these times when it is increasingly difficult to gain access to war zones. With more and more pictures being produced, and more homogenous output, with platforms sending out endless streams of images, how can a story be told in a different way? How can people be drawn to focus on a story when there are so many players bidding for their attention? At Visa pour l’Image, with our juries and different approaches, we shall continue to defend and advocate for these men and women working in the background, for the picture editors whose visual skills help shape our relationship with the world.

Jean-François Leroy
April 24, 2024

The 36th International Festival of Photojournalism will be held:

FESTIVAL > Saturday, August 31 to September, Sunday 15, 2024
PRO. WEEK > Monday, September 2 to Saturday, September 7, 2024
SCHOOL GROUPS > Monday, September 16 to Friday, September 20 + Monday, September 23 to Friday, September 27, 2024

26 EXHIBITIONS
Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post – Winner of the 2024 Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Visa d’or Award > The Tragedy of Gaza
Karen Ballard > Venice, California
Paula Bronstein / Getty Images > A World in Turmoil (retrospective)
Cinzia Canneri– Winner of the 2023 Camille Lepage Award > Women’s Bodies as Battlefields
Alejandro Cegarra / The New York Times / Bloomberg > The Two Walls
Miquel Dewever-Plana for Le Figaro Magazine > Mayotte: Military service for a second chance
Pierre Faure / Hans Lucas > On the Fringe of Society in France
Jean-Louis Fernandez > The Comédie-Française, on and off stage
Corentin Fohlen / Divergence for Paris Match > Haiti and the Power of the Gangs
Jérôme Gence > The Screen Generation
Afshin Ismaeli / Aftenposten > Life Under the Taliban 2.0
Brenda Ann Kenneally > Grown Upstate: The Legacy of Love in the Collar City, 2013-2023
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham – Winner of the 2024 Humanitarian Visa d’or Award – International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) > Displaced by M23
Paolo Manzo – Winner of the 2023 Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award > The Invisible City
John Moore / Getty Images > Ecuador – Internal Armed Conflict
Emilio Morenatti / AP > A Photographer’s Journey Through Daily Life, Conflict and Personal Loss
Sergey Ponomarev / The New York Times / Getty Images > West Bank
Ivor Prickett for The New York Times > War on the Nile – Fragmented Sudan
Francisco Proner / Agence VU’ > Mining Destruction
Anastasia Taylor-Lind – Winner of the 2023 Canon Female Photojournalist Grant > 5K From the Frontline
Gaël Turine for Le Figaro Magazine > The Ravages of Tranq Dope
Ad van Denderen / Agence VU’ > En Route
Mugur Varzariu > Voices Rising Behind the Wall
Alfred Yaghobzadeh – Winner of the 2023 La Saif-Benoît Schaeffer Publishing Grant for a Photography Book > Alfred’s Journey
The Paris Olympics – 2024
International Daily Press

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PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
For Picture Editors > portfolios@2e-bureau.com
For Photographers > Sorry, we are no longer able to schedule appointments with you

TRANSMISSION pour l’image > information

THE 2024 WINNERS
Visa d’or News Award > Mahmud Hams / AFP
Visa d’or Feature Award > Katie Orlinsky for National Geographic
Göksin Sipahioglu by Sipa Press Daily Press Visa d’or Award > Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times
Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Visa d’or Award > Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post
Humanitarian Visa d’or Award – International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) > Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
Visa d’or des Solidarités Award > Pierre Faure / Hans Lucas
Visa d’or franceinfo Award for the Best Digital News Story > Amaury Hauchard & Michele Cattani for LesJours.fr – Sahara, la soif de l’or
Figaro Magazine Lifetime Achievement Visa d’or Award > Paula Bronstein
Canon Female Photojournalist Grant > Cynthia Boll
Canon Video Grant Short Film Documentary > Alan Lau
La Saif-Benoît Schaeffer Publishing Grant for a Photography Book > José Nicolas
Urban Newcomer Photographer’s Grant sponsored by Google > Lilas Lehanneur
Françoise Demulder Photography Grants > Sandra Calligaro & Catalina Martin-Chico
Camille Lepage Award > Virginie Nguyen Hoang
Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award > Gaëlle Girbes
ANI-PixTrakk Award > Marin Driguez
Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award > Axelle de Russé
The Carmignac Photojournalism Award > Kiana Hayeri & Mélissa Cornet

CALLS FOR ENTRIES
La Saif-Benoît Schaeffer Publishing Grant for a Photography Book > Deadline April 30, 2024
Canon Female Photojournalist Grant > Deadline May 21, 2024
Canon Video Grant Short Film Documentary > Deadline May 27, 2024
Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award > Deadline May 19, 2024
ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’or Award – International Committee of the Red Cross > Deadline June 9, 2024
Françoise Demulder Photography Grants > Deadline June 20, 2024
Gökşin Sipahioğlu by Sipa Press Daily Press Visa d’or Award > Deadline July 5, 2024
Visa d’or franceinfo Award for the Best Digital News Story > Deadline July 25, 2024