Visa pour l'image, Perpignan - post mortem

So I made it to the photojournalism festival in Perpignan this week. Needless to say that it was great! How couldn't I have had a good time? The sun was shining, I had some time off to think, breathe, feel and see. I literally soaked up all the exhibitions there and attended the evening slide shows as well. I will definitely return next year - and stay longer.

A few comments - of a very subjective nature -:

- I was pleased to see that not all was about war photography. Although more visible, eye catching and maybe dominating, war photography was actually only one part of the festival. There was a refreshing variety of documentary projects on show - both in the exhibition halls and at night during the slide shows at the Campo Santo.

- The general quality and standard of the stories on display was very, very high. All of the exhibitions on show demonstrated the intense dedication of the photographer to the subject matter, a profound analysis of the core of the story and a relentless pursuit of the story.

- The only disappointment (and a minor one as such) was that the quality of the prints was not always up to scratch (probably sometimes due to the low quality of the original digital file/negative).