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e/th 30 Festival International du/of photojournalism photojournalisme PRELIMINARY 2018 PROGRAM May 18, 2018 PRO. WEEK 03.09 au/to 08.09 FESTIVAL 01.09 16.09 2018 30 YEARS, ALREADY! OR ONLY 30 YEARS? Flashback to 1989, to the very first Visa pour l’Image Festival. There were very few captions, or none at all, and no titles for the exhibitions. It was all a bit “cottage industry,” but there was great enthusiasm and dedication. The first evening shows in Perpignan, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, were done with slides, and the moisture in the air with the heat from the projectors formed weird patterns of condensation. It was the first festival, but it was deemed a success. We felt that the idea could work, that there really was something to be done for all those people working in photography and the press. It was the heyday for photo agencies. We obviously needed to get bigger, and we did. A few years later, we’d reached the age of seven, the age of reason, and while a bit surprised that we were still around, the success continued. Then we made it to the 10th year, the 15th, the 20th, the 25th, and now it’s 30. Thirty years is not a full lifetime, but it’s a good half. First of all, thanks are due to those who have been here since the very beginning, and to those who joined us in the second year, and to all the others, all the teams and workers, and the loyal partners, both public and private, who have been with us for so long. And, yes, we’ll even thank the small number of supporters who have left us. You have all helped us grow and develop. And last but not least, we wish to thank the public, the steadily increasing numbers of visitors and audiences, our loyal followers. The original idea has not changed, the concept being to rediscover certain photographers sometimes overlooked, to endorse new talented photographers, and to give an opportunity for young photographers to be seen and make a name. The list of around 840 exhibitions put on since 1989 stands as clear evidence that we have not changed. Not changed? Some may see this as a downside, but we see it as a guiding line, an editorial line. It can be seen with projects in the past and others presented for the future and which cite Visa pour l’Image as a reference. Surely this is recognition of work accomplished. This year, therefore, with the same dedication and the same enthusiasm, we look forward to seeing you in Perpignan. Jean-François Leroy exhibitions SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 TO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 10AM TO 8PM 25 EXHIBITIONS ADMISSION FREE OF CHARGE SPECIAL EARLY OPENING OF EXHIBITIONS – FROM 9AM – RESERVED FOR PERSONS WITH ACCREDITATION & BADGES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. FROM SEPTEMBER 17 TO 21, THE EXHIBITIONS REMAIN OPEN FOR SCHOOL GROUPS (by appointment) In 2017, more than 11,000 students from France and Spain visited the exhibitions with photographers and other professionals as guides providing explanations and commentaries. exhibitions Samuel CONTAMINATION BOLLENDORFF In Brazil, a polluted river runs through the country for 650 kilometers; in the Great Lakes of northern Canada, fish are deformed; there are parts of Japan that will be radioactive for centuries; and plastic waste floating in the ocean forms a continent now known as the Great Pacific garbage patch. Samuel Bollendorff has traveled the world, seeing the impact of the chemical, mining and nuclear industries in areas now unfit for human settlement or contact. Phosphorus, vinyl chloride, arsenic, cyanide, chlorine, phenols, petroleum, phthalates, DDT and PCBs are present in the soil and water, and will be for generations to come. © Samuel Bollendorff Series coproduced by Le Monde STATELESS, STRANDED Paula AND UNWANTED: BRONSTEIN THE ROHINGYA CRISIS For years the predominantly Buddhist country of Myanmar has struggled to deal with deeply rooted hatred towards the Muslim Rohingya minority. Tensions continued to rise last year after an attack on state security forces by Rohingya insurgents. The brutal military crackdown that followed led to a massive refugee emergency with over 800,000 arrivals in Bangladesh, the fastest cross-border exodus ever witnessed. © Paula Bronstein / Getty Images exhibitions A PLACE TO GO: Andrea OPEN DEFECATION BRUCE AND SANITATION NOOR IMAGES FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Defecating in the open is as old as humankind, and as long as population densities were low and the earth could safely absorb human waste, this caused few problems. But with more people in towns and cities, the link between hygiene and health has become clear, as has, in particular, the importance of avoiding contact with feces. Today nearly 950 million people still routinely practice open defecation. Disease caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water kills 1.4 million children a year, more than measles, malaria, and AIDS combined. © Andrea Bruce / NOOR Images for National Geographic Magazine BOLIVIA: Miquel FOR ALL THE MONEY DEWEVER- IN POTOSÍ PLANA Hot, dark and dusty, arsenic fumes, and not enough oxygen. The miners in Potosí seem to have been working under the same conditions for over 500 years. Here, in 1545, the Spaniards discovered the goal they were pursuing when they set sail to discover the New World: silver. The Rich Mountain (Cerro Rico) held the largest deposit ever seen. Today there are still thousands of miners, often Indians from rural areas who have left farmland that can no longer feed them, who have braved danger and disease in their quest for a better life. They place their faith in El Tío, the deity of the Underworld, both revered and feared. El Tío will lead them to the site where, © Miquel Dewever-Plana in exchange for their offerings, and sometimes their soul, they will find the vein of silver that will put an end to centuries of poverty. With support from the French national center for the visual arts [Aide à la Centre National des Arts Plastiques] (Fund to support contemporary documentary photography) and from the Figaro Magazine. exhibitions DESPERATE JOURNEY: Kevin THE ROHINGYA EXODUS FRAYER GETTY IMAGES Kevin Frayer’s photographs of Rohingya refugees, made over several trips to the Myanmar- Bangladesh border region in the fall of 2017, capture both the scale and intimacy of the crisis. By then, more than 500,000 men, women and children had fled Myanmar to seek safety in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Frayer saw mass funerals and heard tales of survivors who had been burned, raped and driven from their homes. He walked miles, witnessing the suffering of the Rohingya on the long and cruel journey. © Kevin Frayer / Getty Images GHORBAN, Olivier DOB NON-EXISTENT JOBARD MYOP Ghorban Jafari first arrived in Paris in 2010. He was 12 years old, his father was dead, and his mother had abandoned him. He had covered more than 12,000 kilometers from Afghanistan, facing danger and fear, as have so many adult refugees and migrants. Many children in exile have traveled alone. How do they settle into a new country? How do they see themselves? How do they fit into western society? All Ghorban wanted was to go to school. He was sent from one hostel to another, and he embarked on a long administrative battle. I covered Ghorban’s story over a period of eight years, until he was granted French citizenship, © Olivier Jobard / Myop and then made a trip back to Afghanistan, a voyage of personal discovery, exploring his past and finding his mother who, he has now realized, had been forced to give him up. exhibitions COLOMBIA: Catalina (RE)BIRTH MARTIN- CHICO COSMOS Winner of the 2017 Canon Female Photojournalist Award In 2016, after more than fifty years of armed conflict, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) accepted a peace accord and agreed to hand in weapons. As peace was restored, the country discovered how female guerrillas with the Marxist rebel group had been treated: over five decades of fighting and struggling to survive in the jungle, they had been banned from having children. Any pregnancy that did occur had to be terminated, or the newborn child abandoned. With peace in the country, hundreds of female FARC fighters chose to bring new life into the world, and the result has been a “baby boom” in the jungles of Colombia. The new © Catalina Martin-Chico / Cosmos mothers, some yet to enjoy complete freedom, Winner of the 2017 Canon Female Photojournalist Award have been learning to fit into society, and they too have been born into a new life. BOBBY SANDS Ya n BELFAST, MAY 1981 MORVAN “OUR REVENGE WILL BE THE LAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN.” Bobby Sands, aged 27, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, fighting against British rule in Northern Ireland, died on May 5, 1981, on the 66th day of his hunger strike in Maze Prison, near Belfast. He and other Irish republican prisoners were demanding recognition of their special status as political prisoners. His death triggered days of rioting. On the day of his funeral, over 100,000 mourners lined the streets. Bobby Sands is often cited as a hero of the Republican cause and as an advocate of rights for political prisoners. © Yan Morvan exhibitions RED James ANTS OATWAY Red Ants is a documentary project following the notorious Red Ants eviction squad to the frontlines of an ongoing, low-intensity conflict between property owners and poor people struggling to access urban economies in South Africa. Through unprecedented access, Red Ants paints a detailed and unflinching portrait of the hated Red Ants squad, and examines the emotional and politically charged issues of land, housing and dispossession within a gray zone created by the failure of the State to meet the demand for housing and to enforce the rule of law.