VISA POUR L’IMAGE 2025
Discover how Canon will be supporting the world's leading photojournalism festival, Visa pour l'Image for the 36th consecutive year.
Proud partner for 36 years
2025 marks Canon’s 36th year of partnership with Visa pour l’Image, an event in which the world’s most important stories and those responsible for telling them are brought together and celebrated. This prestigious festival exemplifies Canon’s unwavering commitment and passion to supporting the craft of photojournalism and empowering visual storytellers to tell the stories that need to be told.
Canon at Visa Pour l’Image 2025
During the festival’s Pro Week, from 1st – 6th September, Canon will host an exclusive programme of events to champion visual stories and those creating them on the ground floor of the Palais des Congrès. This year’s highlights include the 25th anniversary of the Canon Female Photojournalist Grant, and a special Reuters collaboration, celebrating four decades of powerful storytelling.
Get hands on with our latest products
Experience the latest Canon cameras and lenses, including the EOS R1 and R5 Mark II, and speak with product experts.
Discover 40 Years of Reuters Pictures
Be the first to explore an iconic collection of images from the book In the Moment: 40 years of Reuters Photojournalism, ahead of its launch in late September.
Free Check and Clean with CPS
Give your Canon equipment a “check-and-clean” by expert technicians from Canon Professional Services and take out the latest cameras on loan.
Fine Art Printing
Have an image from your portfolio printed on Canon’s fine art professional photo printers.
CHAMPIONING POWERFUL STORIES
Canon and Visa pour l’Image will officially present the winners of the 2025 Canon Female Photojournalist and Canon Video Grant - Short Film Documentary. This year’s recipients, Marion Péhée and Shiho Fukada, will each receive €8,000 funding to support the completion of a reportage which will be showcased at the 2026 festival.
Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Canon Female Photojournalist Grant, a special four-part production will be featured during Visa’s evening screenings, honouring the 24 former recipients and their award-winning projects.
Canon Video Grant – Short Film Documentary
2024 recipient Alan Lau’s grant winning documentary the Gordian knot will be screened during this year’s festival.
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