Visa d'Or (News, Feature and Daily Press)
The 2009 Visa d'Or prizes will be awarded for the best reports published between September 2008 and August 2009.
Visa d'Or - Daily Press award
Since 1990, the Visa d'Or Daily Press award has been given for the best report published in the daily press, in any country in the world, in the course of the previous year. The prize is open to all daily newspapers around the world. Entries received are presented to a jury which meets in Paris in late June, 2009.
Reports selected by the jury are exhibited at the Festival. A second jury meets in Perpignan to choose the final winner.
The Visa d'Or - Daily Press award is presented during the evening show on Thursday, September 3, 2009. The SNCF (French Railways) will sponsor the Visa d’Or Daily Press Award for the second time, funding the prize of €8000.
How to Participate for Visa d'Or Daily Press award?
At this moment no more applications are taken for 2009. Early 2010 information on how to participate for the Visa d'Or Daily Press award will be published here.
- Visa d'Or International Daily Press - previous winners:
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2008 The Dallas Morning News (USA) 2007 Reforma (Mexico) Israel Rosas, Luis Castillo, Jorge Luis Plata, Julio Candelaria: riots in Oaxaca. 2006 El Periodico de Catalunya (Spain) Sergio Caro. 2005 Politiken (Denmark) Jan Grarup for his coverage of the Darfour events. 2004 El Comercio (Peru) Daniel Silva: Footballers, Andes, Peru 2003 The Dallas Morning News (USA) Cheryl Diaz Meyer: Operation Iraqi freedom 2002 La Dépêche du Midi (France) Thierry Bordas 2001 Berlingske Tidende (Denmark) Erik Refner 2000 The Washington Post (USA) Dudley M. Brooks 1999 Berlingske Tidende (Denmark) Klaus Bjorn Larsen: Kosovo 1998 La Vanguardia (Spain) Kim Manresa: Excision in Africa 1997 Clarin (Argentina) Cabezas 1996 The Herald (Scotland) Ecosse - Dunblane 1995 L'Humanité (France) 1994 Detroit Free Press (USA) 1993 Diario 16 (Spain) 1992 Midi Libre (France) 1991 Courrier de l'Ouest (France) 1990 Le Progrès de Lyon (France)
Visa d'Or for news reporting and the Visa d'Or for feature reporting
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of the world best picture editors select a shortlist from all the reports seen over the past year (both published and unpublished), with four nominees for the Visa d'Or for news reporting and the Visa d'Or for feature reporting. A second jury meets in Perpignan to choose the final winners.
No applications need to be entered for these categories.
Presentation of the Visa d'Or Feature award on Friday, September 4, 2009.
For the second time, the Languedoc-Roussillon Region will be funding the prize of €8000 for the Visa d’Or Feature award winner.
- The nominees for 2009
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Miquel Dewever-Plana / Agence Vu Guatemala. The Other War Jérôme Sessini / Œil Public for Le Monde 2 and the Figaro Magazine Drug Trafficking in Mexico. So far from God, too close to the USA Callie Shell / Aurora Photos / Cosmos for Time Magazine Barack Obama Zalmaï Afghanistan. Promises and Lies. The human cost of the war on terror
- Visa d'Or Feature award – previous winners
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2008 Brent Stirton / Reportage by Getty Images for Newsweek and National Geographic Magazine : Virunga National Park, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July 2007. 2007 Lizzie Sadin: Juvenile Suffering. 2006 Todd Heisler / Rocky Mountain News / Polaris / Deadline: Final Salute 2005 James Hill / New York Times: Beslan. 2004 Stéphanie Sinclair / Corbis: Auto immolation of women in Afghanistan 2003 Philip Blenkinsop / Vu: Laos, the secret war continues 2002 Felicia Webb / I.P.G.: Nil by mouth 2001 Ad van Denderen / Vu: Schengen, Asylum seekers in Europe 2000 Raphaël Gaillarde / Gamma 1999 Chien-Chi Chang / Magnum: China Town NY 1998 Zed Nelson: Gun Nation 1997 Jillian Edelstein: Apartheid 1996 Jean-Paul Goude / 2eBureau: Olympic games 1995 Francesco Zizola / Contrasto 1994 Tom Stoddart / IPG 1993 Dario Mitidieri / Select: Enfants de Bombay (NB) 1992 David Turnley / Black Star: Soviet Saga 1991 Philippe Bourseiller: Pinatubo's volcano 1990 Diane Summers & Eric Valli: Honey's hunters and Sebastiao Salgado / Magnum: Cambodia's children
Presentation of the Visa d'Or News award on Saturday, September 5, 2009.
For the second time, Paris Match will be giving a prize of €8000 to the Visa d’Or News award winner.
- The nominees for 2009
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Walter Astrada / Agence France-Presse Bloodbath in Madagascar Enrico Dagnino / 2e Bureau for Paris Match Forced Return Wojciech Grzedzinski / NapoImages for Dziennik The Georgian Conflict Dominic Nahr / Œil Public Democratic Republic of Congo. The Road to Nowhere
- Visa d'Or News award – previous winners
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2008 2008 Philip Blenkinsop / NOOR: China Earthquake. 2007 Kadir van Lohuizen / Noor pour Le Monde: Chad 2006 Shaul Schwartz / Getty Images: Gaza 2005 Philip Blenkinsop / Vu: Tsunami 2004 Olivier Jobard / Sipa Press: Sudan, the forgotten war. 2003 Georges Gobet / AFP: Ivory Coast 2002 Tyler Hicks / Getty / Sipa Press: Afghanistan 2001 Chris Anderson / Aurora / Cosmos: Afghan refugees in Pakistan 2000 Eric Bouvet / Gamma: Chechnya 1999 Joachim Ladefoged / Network / Rapho: Kosovo 1998 Alexandra Boulat / Sipa: Kosovo 1997 Yunghi Kim: Rwanda 1996 Patrick Robert: Liberia 1995 Carol Guzy / Washington Post / Reuters 1994 Nadia Benchallal: Algeria 1993 Luc Delahaye / Sipa: Yugoslavia 1992 Chris Morris / Black Star: Yugoslavia 1991 Patrick Robert / Sygma: Kurdistan 1990 Pascal / Vu: Executions in China
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