Visa Pour L'Image: Perpignan 2008

This essential book of photographic history, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, tells how the festival began in 1989 and grew to its current pre-eminence in the world of photography. From the beginning, the festival had three goals: to present works by photojournalists currently working, to discover new talents, and to honor some of the great names in the field and it has succeeded at all three, and in reminding the world that photojournalism is as much art as reportage. Anchored by an incisive essay by Pascale Lauru, this beautifully produced book takes the reader everywhere that has mattered in the last two decades, with devastating impact.