Jean-François Leroy, founder and director for almost four decades of Visa pour l’Image, the main international photojournalism festival, passed away at age 69. The news came out just as he started in Perpignan the 38th edition of the festival he had created in 1989. Born on October 3, 1956, Leroy worked first as a journalist and photographer before turning the French city of Perpignan, near the Spanish border, into the great world meeting point …
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Jean-François Leroy, founder and director for almost four decades of Visa pour l’Image, the main international photojournalism festival, passed away at age 69. The news came out just as he started in Perpignan the 38th edition of the festival he had created in 1989. Born on October 3, 1956, Leroy worked first as a journalist and photographer before turning the French city of Perpignan, near the Spanish border, into the great world meeting point …