Visa pour l'image Perpignan 2006
Earthquake in Kashmir (receiving, alas, much less media cover than last year’s tsunami), the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl, Hamas elected in Palestine, nuclear threats from Iran, failed peace negotiations between Khartoum and the rebels in a bid to find a solution to the disaster in Darfur, drought in Kenya and Somalia, not to mention civil war (even if not officially recognized as such) in Iraq where the never-ending list of victims gets longer every day. The news in 2005/2006 has brought its grim harvest of bad news, wars, disasters, threats and bombings. For photojournalists, these are all stories that have to be reported, and Visa pour l’Image is duty bound to show them in Perpignan. As it does every year, and has done for 18 years – yes, 18 years already.
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