In September 2008, two different events take place. Photokina where new
DLSR with more than 20 million pixels and less 3000 € are proposed to the public and the festival “Visa pour l’image”
which celebrates its twenty years. Pierre J. 09-22-2008
20 years of photojournalism which pains to find the resources for its essential mission.
The images of the great reports remain but how many news are not diffused?
It is true that each day, there are the same number of digital photographs taken than in forty years of silver
photographies.
On the 325 millions of digital cameras (to add to 1.59 billion of camphones) in use today, 124 millions were
sold last year. The sun is shining for Photokina.
Iwo Jima 23 Feb 1945 (C) Joe Rosenthal AP