Perpignan, France, July 8, 2005 - VISA POUR L'IMAGE, the world's largest photo show for photojournalism, will take place in Perpignan, France, starting August 27th.

Kristen ASHBURN (CONTACT PRESS IMAGES)

During the professional week from August 29 until September 3, thousands of photojournalists, editors, and agencies will converge on the ancient castled city. All major photo agencies and publications will be represented, including The Digital Journalist.

Among the major exhibitions scheduled for this year are:

Stephen Alvarez / National Geographic Magazine: "Maya Underworld"

Kristen Asburn / Contact Press Images: "Deaths in the Family - The AIDS Cycle in Southern Africa"

Patrick Baz / Agence France-Presse: "Best Of"

Marcus Bleasdale / "The Rape of a Nation" (The Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Heidi Bradner / Panos Pictures: "Chechnya - A Decade of War"

David Burnett / Contact Press Images: "If Your Pictures Aren't Good Enough, You're Too Close"

Claude Dityvon: "A Forgotten World, Revived"

Jérome Equer / VU: "Population Living in Gaza"

Paul Fusco / Magnum Photos: "Bitter Fruit"

Yuri Kozyrev / Time Magazine: (Photos from Iraq)

L'Oeil Public: "10 Years - Public Eye"

Reuters: "Gaza - Funeral Days"

Jerome Sessini: "Iraq: March 2003 - January 2005"

Kadir van Lohuizen / VU: "Diamond Matters"

Michael Yamashita / National Geographic Magazine: "DMZ (Demilitarized Zone): "Two Koreas"

Pascal Maitre / Cosmos (for Geo France & Germany): "Continents Apart"

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE VISA POUR L'IMAGE WEBSITE at http://visapourlimage.com