VISA POUR L’IMAGE 2009

This was my second year visiting Perpignan for VISA, and once again it was an inspirational thought-provoking week. The highlight for me is the night projections and the opportunity to attend talks by the photographers about their work. On the third of September we received the news that Christian Poveda was killed,  in El Salvador, shot by the gangs he filmed.

Poveda a documentary photographer and filmmaker he devoted his time to photographing the street gangs of El Salvador. Last year I attended his talk and had the opportunity to watch his documentary “LA Vida Loca” which follows the members of La 18 a branch of the Mara gangs.

The documentary is due to be released on the 31st of September and I would recommend seeing it. Click here to watch a clip.