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ItalianoThe shortlists of nominations for the prestigious Visa d’Or news and features awards have been revealed after all the photojournalism reports (published and unpublished) seen over the past year were judged by a panel comprised of some of the world’s best picture editors.
The nominations in both of the Visa d’Or categories will be assessed by a second jury panel during the upcoming Visa pour l’Image international festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France (30 August to 14 September) and the winning entries will then be announced at two separate award ceremonies that will be held during the two-week event.
The four final nominees in the Visa d’Or News category are as follows…
- 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.
The official presentation of the Visa d’Or News award will be made on Saturday, 6 September 2008 and, for the first time, the Visa d’Or News award winner will get a prize of €8,000 courtesy of Paris Match.
The four final nominees in the Visa d’or Features category are as follows...
- 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/VII mentor programme: Temple of Dooms, Wat Prah Bat Nam Phu, Thailand.
The presentation of the Visa d’Or Feature award will take place on Friday 5 September 2008 and, for the first time, the Languedoc-Roussillon Région will give a prize of €8,000 to the Visa d’Or Feature award winner.
To find out all of the latest Visa pour l’Image news and information please click here.
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