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At the opening ceremony of the 36th edition of the photojournalism festival, Mayor RN said that no elected official in the city would present the award received by the young Palestinian photographer for his work on the plight of the Gazan population. The jury maintains the award.
This last weekend of August and first of September saw the opening of the 36th edition of Visa pour l’image in Perpignan, the largest global event dedicated to photojournalism, in a stormy atmosphere, validated by an unusual Sunday rain at the end of the day.
A good twenty exhibitions make up the 2024 menu of a panorama known for being harsh and uncompromising, which gives an unvarnished account of international news. Among these is “The Tragedy of Gaza” by Loay Ayyoub. A young Palestinian photographer who, commissioned by the Washington Post, covered for five months – from the days following the deadly raid carried out by Hamas on October 7 until February – the inexorable ordeal of the Palestinian civilian population, decimated by attacks by the Israeli army. A subject that earned its author the golden visa from the city of Perpignan. Which, through the voice of its mayor, immediately disassociated itself from the prize list. On Saturday, August 31, during the official launch of the festival, Louis Aliot, a far-right figure elected in July 2020 as head of the municipality, took advantage of the platform to openly criticize the event he was hosting, declaring: “I will not be presenting the award this year, neither I nor anyone from the city.” loving each other “uncomfortable with the treatment of this war”, The elected representative of the National Rally goes so far as to specify that he would have preferred to reward “a totally independent journalist from
