Thursday
Presentation of the Grand Prix 2008 CARE International for Humanitarian Reportage sponsored by sanofi-aventis
Visa d'Or International Daily Press Award sponsored by SNCF
GETTY Awards
PICTURES OF THE DAY
CHRONOLOGICAL NEWS REVIEW: MARCH / APRIL 2008
Stefan FALKE / LAIF for SonntagsBlick - Homeless Americans
Within a few months, the subprime crisis saw thousands of Americans literally out in the street.
Alain & Frédéric SANCHO - Outcasts in France
Alain and Frédéric Sancho (father & son) spent four years photographing the homeless in Paris, with great respect and dignity.
Pierre JAHAN, André ZUCCA & Robert DELHAY - ROGER-VIOLLET - 70th anniversary
Tribute to Claude DITYVON
Claude Dityvon was one of the founding partners of the Viva agency; he had a reputation for always being demanding and never being self-indulgent. He was a master in the art of reporting on workers and rural communities. Claude Dityvon died on June 3, 2008, at the age of 70.
Marcus BLEASDALE / VII - Democratic Republic of Congo
500 ethnic groups in a country as large as western Europe with great mineral wealth, plus an interminable civil war.
Noël QUIDU / GAMMA - EYEDEA PRESSE & Théo / SYNCHRO X - Liberia - The Making of Johnny Mad Dog
The fictitious story is very lifelike, as we shall see with the photos taken in Liberia during the shooting of the feature film Johnny Mad Dog.
Arie KIEVIT - Grandpa Boxers
Here are some elderly gentlemen (between 65 and 78) in the Netherlands, and they can certainly pack a punch.
Stephan VANFLETEREN / PANOS PICTURES - Fishermen
Faces that travel the North Sea, impressive faces prepared to tackle the wild weather and water of one of the toughest and roughest seas in the world.
Laurent WEYL / ARGOS, Philippe BOURSEILLER... - FIGARO MAGAZINE - 30 Years on
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the French weekly Figaro Magazine. Here is a retrospective featuring some of the best reports on national and international news.
Book - ERNESTO BAZAN - CUBA
Ernesto Bazan is from Sicily. He first went to Cuba in 1992, and has been going back ever since. Here is his extensive view of Cuban society.
China - Earthquake
In May this year, hundreds of towns and villages were destroyed, leaving 80 000 dead and 300 000 homeless when an earthquake hit the province of Szechuan. A large number of photographers were able to get to different sites, and here we have a selection of their work.
LU-NAN / MAGNUM PHOTOS - Burma (Drugs, prison)
In Burma, the oldest prisoners are allowed to take drugs to relieve physical pain. Their environment may be reminiscent of medieval dungeons, but the community includes dealers and young drug-takers, relentlessly pursued by the Burmese junta.
Altaf QADRI / EPA - Kashmir
The war being waged in the highlands of Kashmir is a difficult one to cover, dragging on interminably and raising little interest from the international media. In the meantime, the civilians keep searching for a solution to the war which has killed a total of 30 000.
PAKISTAN: 1947-2008
With the death of Benazir Bhutto, the delicate political situation in Pakistan became even more fragile; and there is the threat of fundamentalism and the recent resignation of Pervez Musharraf keeping the country in the news. Here is a brief history of Pakistan from 1947 to the present day.
John MOORE / GETTY IMAGES - Pakistan
The social and political scene in Pakistan over recent years, as seen by John Moore, a specialist on Pakistan.
George STEINMETZ / COSMOS for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - African Air
George Steinmetz took off in a paraglider, moving silently above Africa, gliding from Morocco to South Africa - a unique approach producing some magnificent pictures.
Production :
Abax : Thomas Bart, Laurent Langlois, Emmanuel Sautai, Jean-Louis Fernandez et Valérie Sautai. Iconographe : Cédric Kerviche. Rédacteur : Lucas Menget. Illustration Sonore : Ivan Lattay. Voix et co-présentation des soirées : Claire Baudéan, Jean-François Leroy et Lucas Menget. Interprètes : Shan Benson, Grégoire Devictor, Jeanne Disdero, Sergio Escamilla, Mona de Pracontal et Brian Riggs. Technique : Pascal Lelièvre / Abax (Lumières). Richard Mahieu et David Levy / Top Audiovisuel. Eric Lambert et Nicolas Coli / Imagerie Watchout. Raphaël Tortella et Emeric Banyuls / Sud Musique.
Presse : 2e Bureau / Sylvie Grumbach - mail@2e-bureau.com