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Spanish photographer Luis Tato wins top prize at French photojournalism festival

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Luis Tato, a Spanish photographer working for AFP in East Africa and the Indian Ocean, won the main prize at the Visa pour l'image festival in Perpignan, France.
  • The award recognized his work on Generation Z protests in Madagascar.
  • Jérôme Gence won the magazine category, Dominic Nahr won the daily press category, and Raymond Depardon received the honorary award.

Luis Tato, a 37-year-old photographer from Ciudad Real, has won the top prize at France's Visa pour l'image photojournalism festival for his coverage of Generation Z protests in Madagascar.

Tato, who works for AFP in East Africa and the Indian Ocean, received the Visa d'or Roger Thérond par Paris Match News, the festival announced in a statement. The award was presented at the event in Perpignan.

The festival describes itself as the world's most important and largest photojournalism gathering. In the magazine category, French photographer Jérôme Gence took the prize. Dominic Nahr of the German-language Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung won in the daily press category.

The honorary Visa d'or from Figaro Magazine went to Raymond Depardon, an 84-year-old French photographer. The award recognizes the body of work of an established photographer who remains active.

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