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Spanish photographer Luis Tato wins top prize at major photojournalism festival

From La Vanguardia · () Spanish

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  • Spanish photographer Luis Tato won the Visa d'or Roger Thérond, the top prize at the Visa pour l'image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France.
  • His winning work documented 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 for his career.

Luis Tato, a Spanish photographer working for AFP in East Africa and the Indian Ocean, has won the leading prize at the Visa pour l'image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France.

Tato, 37, from Ciudad Real, received the Visa d'or Roger Thérond by Paris Match News for his work on Generation Z protests in Madagascar. The festival described the award in a statement. It is considered one of the world's most important and largest photojournalism festivals.

French photographer Jérôme Gence won the Magazine category, while Dominic Nahr of the German-language Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung took the daily press prize.

The honorary Visa d'or from Figaro Magazine went to Raymond Depardon, 84, recognizing the body of work of an established photographer who remains active.

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