Two AFP exhibitions headlining Visa pour l’Image 2019
The 31st edition of the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l’Image takes place from august 31 to September 15, 2019 in Perpignan, with exhibitions of works by AFP photographers Guillermo Arias and Ed Jones at the Couvent des Minimes.
Italy’s ANSA chooses AFP for global video, photo, text news
Italy's leading news agency, ANSA, signs an agreement to buy AFP's international news service in video, photo and text.
AFP’s online interactive agenda goes live
AFP is launching an online agenda. On a single platform, AFP Agenda lists news events from around the world and informs clients how AFP journalists plan to cover them. Designed for mobile and desktop access, AFP Agenda is easy to use, rich in content and interactive. It is also a gateway to AFP production.
ARTE Journal picks AFP for its TV production in Germany
AFP appoints photo journalist to top Mena
Agence France-Presse has appointed Sylvain Estibal to the post of regional director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This is the first time a journalist from the image side has been chosen to head one of the Agency’s seven regions.
Monsanto lists: AFP files a complaint, states full support of journalists involved
First edition of the Shah Marai Award, launched by AFP, won by Farshad Usyan
Freelance photographer Farshad Usyan, from Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, has won the first edition of the Shah Marai Award for his series of 15 photos of his compatriots' daily lives, which vividly capture their desire to live freely and express themselves as they wish.