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LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION OF PANEL DISCUSSION Unfortunately we have had to cancel this event because of lack of interest shown by the different professionals working in the field of photography who should have felt concerned by the issues to be discussed and paths to be explored. After sending out information in various messages, we have received only three expressions of interest!

The Round Table

Thursday, September 2, 2010.

For the past eight years, Visa pour l’Image has had an annual symposium, an initiative of Jean Lelièvre, featuring media professionals (both photojournalists and publishers/users of pictures) and academics, debating different aspects involved in producing and distributing pictures, looking at the way they are perceived by readers and viewers. In past years, a very wide range of subjects has been covered, with contributions from prominent photojournalists and researchers, in a spirit of constructive argument and dialogue (as can be seen from the proceedings which have been published in French only).

This year is no doubt the right time to change the approach and extend the discussion to include other parties in the news and information chain. With support from researchers at GRESEC, the research center at the Institute for Communication and Media in Grenoble, we shall be holding a panel discussion on Thursday, September 2, 2010, which you are invited to attend.
The goal is to have a range of panelists involved in photojournalism on different levels: photojournalists, journalists, editors, layout artists, picture editors, commercial executives, press managers, press group delegates in charge of development and strategy, and sales managers working with companies and agencies.

Discussions will focus on photographs to be chosen by the panelists (either published or unpublished, original works or magazine reprints), each one raising an issue for debate. The individual panelists will say why they chose their photograph and explain the issues involved and the challenges they see in relation to their own concerns (in particular their social and professional context) and more broadly to photographic reporting and journalism.
The idea is to develop momentum in the discussion, exploring and understanding what makes photojournalism, i.e. not just making pictures, but also having them published and distributed via “traditional channels” and via other formats, with the Internet obviously being a key player. What is photojournalism? Who is in charge? Who uses it? For what purpose? How are views developed? What standards apply? How do these standards change and develop? What are they based on? These and other questions will be covered when exploring and investigating the photographs and the issues behind them as seen by the panelists. Researchers will also be contributing their views, in the contest of the broader scope of photojournalism, placing arguments in perspective, tackling issues relevant to photojournalism and in context. Arguments will focus on the issues raised and photographs chosen by the panelists, and will be linked to the specialized areas of knowledge of the contributors.

The preliminary and tentative list of panelists includes academics from the University of Grenoble.
Bernard Miège, emeritus professor of Information & Communication Sciences,
Philippe Quinton, professor of Information & Communication Sciences,
Laurie Schmitt, doctoral student in Information & Communication Sciences
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