Jean-François Leroy launched Visa Pour l’Image, the international photojournalism festival, in Perpignan in 1989. Before heading up the festival, Leroy was shooting reportage for the agency Sipa Press and also working for Photo-Reporter, Le Photographe, Photo-Revue and Photo Magazine. He is the chairman of the company Images Evidence. Photo: 2008 Visa d'or Feature: Brent Stirton. Conservation Rangers from an Anti-Poaching unit work with locals to evacuate the bodies of four Mountain Gorrillas killed in mysterious circumstances in the park, July 24, 2007, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Exclusive by Getty Images)

England football fans celebrate in Trafalgar Square as England score their second goal during extra time in the UEFA Euro womens championship final on July 31, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. England take on Germany in the final of The UEFA European Women's Championship, played at Wembley Stadium. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

England fans celebrate their side's third goal of the game, scored by England's Marcus Rashford, at BoxPark Wembley, during a screening of the FIFA World Cup Group B match between Wales and England on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

Spectators in fancy dress during Day 7 of The Championships – Wimbledon 2019 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 8, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Recine/Reuters)

A fan of England cheers prior to the UEFA EURO 2020 quarter final match between Ukraine and England in Rome, Italy, 03 July 2021. (Photo by Mike Hewitt /EPA/EFE)

English fashion model Daisy Lowe attends day ten of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 11, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Edwards/The Sun)

England supporters react at an outdoor screening in Hyde Park in central London as England lose the 2018 World Cup semi- final against Croatia in Moscow on July 11, 2018. (Photo by Simon Dawson/Reuters)