International Festival of Photojournalism, Perpignan

The catalogue presents the program of the 2016 festival, with a eight-page feature on each exhibition and photographer. Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan – an outstanding view of the history of the present day.

Since the very first festival in 1989, the message has been one of quality – quality visual news reports conveying information, as seen through the eyes of photojournalists, offering their essential contribution. Everyone who appreciates photography and reporting comes to the festival, a major event in the photography calendar. 

For 27 years, Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan has been following developments and changes in both the politics and the economy of photojournalism and the press industry, and has supported professional photojournalists by providing them with the opportunity to show their work to a wide range of people.

Now, more than ever before, we can see just how important the festival is, acting as an advocate for photojournalists whose job is to provide news and information, to offer insights and issue warnings, while working in conditions with no security at all, both in terms of physical danger and of employment/income.