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Death of Visa pour l’image founder Jean-François Leroy
Overview
Jean-François Leroy, the founder and longtime director of the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l’image, died at the age of 69 on August 31 in Paris following a battle with cancer.
Leroy, who established the Perpignan-based festival in 1989, was a former Sipa Press photographer and editor-in-chief of Photo Magazine. He was credited with transforming the event into a premier global gathering for press photography. Festival director Delphine Lelu described him as the ‘soul’ of the event and noted his advocacy for journalistic integrity and human-made imagery over content driven by artificial intelligence.
His death occurred at the start of the festival’s 38th edition. Leroy had recently been working on a book of interviews concerning the evolution of photojournalism, a field currently facing challenges such as the digital revolution and the decline of photo agencies.
Entities
Jean-François Leroy · Perpignan · Visa pour l’Image · Sipa Press
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7 days ago
[INTERNATIONAL] 2 sourcesJean-François Leroy, co-founder of Visa pour l’image, diesJean-François Leroy, co-founder of the Visa pour l’image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, has died at the age of 75.
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12 days ago
[CULTURE] 5 sourcesJean-François Leroy, founder of Visa pour l’image, dies at 69Jean-François Leroy, founder of the prestigious Visa pour l’image photojournalism festival, has died at 69 after a battle with cancer.
Sources
blind-magazine.com · cbnews.fr · fr.themedialeader.com · infonormandie.com · information.tv5monde.com · madeinperpignan.com · petapixel.com