• 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

Visa d'Or (News, Feature and Daily Press)

The 2008 Visa d'Or prizes will be awarded for the best reports published between September 2007 and August 2008.

Visa d'Or - Daily Press award

The SNCF (French Railways) will sponsor the Visa d’Or Daily Press Award for the first time, and remain as sponsor, funding the prize (of 8000 euros) for the next three years.

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, 2008.

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 4, 2008.

How to Participate for Visa d'Or Daily Press award?

At this moment no more applications are taken for 2008. Early 2009 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:

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)

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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 5, 2008.

This year, for the first time, the Languedoc-Roussillon Région will be giving a prize of 8000 Euros to the Visa d'Or Feature award winner.

Visa d'Or Feature award – Nominees 2008

Carlos Spottorno / Getty Images	Xinjiang, China’s Far West
Alfred Yaghobzadeh / Sipa Press for the Figaro Magazine	Religious Minorities in Iran
Brent Stirton / Reportage by Getty Images for Newsweek and National Geographic Magazine	Virunga National Park, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July 2007
Agnès Dherbeys / VIImentor program	Temple of Dooms, Wat Prah Bat Nam Phu, Thailand

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Visa d'Or Feature award – previous winners

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

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Presentation of the Visa d'Or News award on Saturday, September 6, 2008.

This year, for the first time, Paris Match will be giving a prize of 8000 Euros to the Visa d'Or News award winner.

Visa d'Or News award – Nominees 2008

Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP	Kenya
Philip Blenkinsop / NOOR	China Earthquake
John Moore / Getty Images	Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Anthony Suau / Bill Charles	Mexico/US border fence

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Visa d'Or News award – previous winners

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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Trophies designed and made by Arthus-Bertrand workshops

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