Visa pour l'Image Festival Opens in Perpignan Amid Loss of Founder
2 sources across 2 countries · France · Switzerland
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- France 24
- Neue Zuercher Zeitung
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The 38th edition of the Visa pour l'Image festival is taking place in Perpignan, France. This year's event follows the death of the festival's founder and long-time director, Jean-Francois Leroy, who passed away from cancer at age 69. General Director Delphine Lelu stated that Leroy worked on this edition despite his illness. The festival serves as a major professional gathering for photojournalists, image editors, and agencies to present portfolios and network. While the event features exhibitions in the city center and large-screen presentations of works by over 60 photographers, the industry faces significant challenges. Both reports highlight the precarious nature of the profession, noting that freelance photojournalists struggle to earn sufficient income from traditional media. A center-leaning source emphasizes the threat posed by artificial intelligence to the profession. A center-right source focuses on the broader crisis of the media industry and the decline of image agencies, while also noting that the festival's uniform framing style is sometimes viewed as rigid.
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- The coverage frames the event as a tribute to photojournalists facing modern threats like artificial intelligence.
- Centre-right
- The coverage frames the event through the lens of the founder's legacy and the structural economic decline of the media industry.
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