23rd Visa pour l'Image-Perpignan

Visa d'or winners awarded during the 23rd Visa pour l'Image-Perpignan, International Festival of Photojournalism.

Visa d'Or Magazine : Feature Award 2011 Olivier Jobard (Sipa Press pour Paris Match) : For his report «Zarzis-Lampedusa, the odyssey of hope.» Since last January, Tunisians have been trying to cross over to Europe, via the Italian island of Lampedusa on makeshift trawlers. © Olivier Jobard (Sipa Press pour Paris Match). Courtesy Visa pour l'Image-Perpignan 2011

Visa d'Or Magazine : News Award 2011 Yuri Kozyrev (NOOR pour Time) : For his story «On Revolution Road». When the wave of protest began to wash over the Arab world, Yuri Kozyrev went to Egypt, Barhrain and Libya. © Yuri Kozyrev (NOOR pour Time). Courtesy Visa pour l'Image-Perpignan 2011

Visa d'Or Magazine : Daily Press Award 2011 International Herald Tribune : For his report on Japan in March 2011, Shiho Fukada spent several weeks documenting the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami. He also covered the evacuation of civilians from Fukushima. © International Herald Tribune. Courtesy Visa pour l'Image-Perpignan 2011

Visa d'Or Magazine : Humanitarian Award of ICRC 2011 Catalina Martin Chico (Cosmos) : For her report on the “Yemeni Revolution”. Every week there have been clashes, with the death toll increasing. But the people of Yemen have not given up. © Catalina Martin Chico (Cosmos). Courtesy Visa pour l'Image-Perpignan 2011

VISA D'OR MAGAZINE : 2011 AWARDS : Ed Ou (Getty Images) : for his report on child soldiers in Somalia - City of Perpignan Young Reporter's Award; Ilvy Njiokiktjien : for her project on Afrikaner Teenagers in post-Apartheid South Africa - Canon Female Photojournalist Award; La Zone by Bruno Masi (Journalist) and Guillaume Herbaut (Photographer) : This web documentary was co-produced by Agat Films & Compagnie and lemonde.fr - France 24-RFI Web Documentary Award.

GETTY IMAGES GRANTS FOR EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY - on September 2nd, Getty Images announced the winners of the 2011 grants: Liz Hingley for «a very poor family in England, the Jones family»; Joan Bardeletti for work on homosexuals in Africa; Walter Astrada for work dealing with violence against women; Alvaro Ybarra Zavala with his subject on Colombia; and Stanley Greene for «e-waste».