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Jean-François Leroy, director of the Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival, has died

Leroy, the founder of the unmissable journalistic event and a strong-willed figure who fought to defend photojournalists' work for nearly 40 years, died in Paris on Monday at age 69.

Jean-François Leroy, director of the Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival, has died

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