Founder of France’s Visa pour l’Image Festival Dies at 69

Jean-François Leroy, the founding director of the renowned Visa pour l’Image photojournalism festival in France, has died at age 69. Tributes are pouring in from the global photography community honoring his decades-long contribution to visual journalism.

31 Aug, 09:20 — 31 Aug, 16:15

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Visa pour l’Image is one of the world’s premier platforms for documentary photography and press freedom, attracting major news agencies and independent photographers globally. Leroy’s four-decade leadership established the festival’s rigorous editorial standards and cemented its role as a critical advocate for visual journalism, making his passing a notable loss to the international media community.

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le-mondeHigh2h ago

Jean-François Leroy, director of the Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival, has died

Leroy, the founder of the unmissable journalistic event and a strong-willed figure who fought to defend photojournalists' work for nearly 40 years, died in Paris on Monday at age 69.

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rfi-englishMostly Factual3h ago

France's international photojournalism festival founder Leroy dies aged 69

Tributes have been pouring in for Jean-François Leroy, the founder of the Visa pour l'image photojournalism festival, who died on Monday at the age of 69.

By Paul Myers

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RapplerMostly Factual9h ago