• Visa d'Or
  News, Feature and Daily Press
• City of Perpignan Young Reporter Award
• Canon Female Photojournalist Award
• The 2008 CARE International Award for Humanitarian Reportage
• Picture editors

Awards

Every year, the festival Visa pour l'Image awards six prizes. The 2008 Visa d'Or prizes will be awarded for the best reports published between September 2007 and August 2008. Picture editors from international magazines will choose the best young reporter for the City of Perpignan award which is being presented for the third time. For the eighth year running, Canon France and the Association des Femmes Journalistes (AFJ) will present the Canon Female Photojournalist Award. Entrants will be judged on both previous work and plans for a future project. For the 13th CARE International Award (Grand Prix) for Humanitarian Reporting, we will present the best entries competing for the award which stands as an expression of hope.

Some of the world best picture editors select a shortlist from all the reports seen over the past year (both published and unpublished), with four nominees per category: the Visa d'Or for news reporting, the Visa d'Or for feature reporting, and the City of Perpignan award for the Best Young Reporter. A second jury meets in Perpignan to choose the winners for each Visa d'Or award (News, Feature and Daily Press).