Program - Night of Photojournalism 2024

Date and time : From Saturday, November 9, 6 PM, through Sunday, November 10, 2 AM.

Location : Amphithéâtre Saint Côme, 5 rue de l'école de Médecine, 75006 Paris. Subway stop: Odéon

Program : 6pm-9pm: Panels and keynotes 9pm-10pm: CatchLight Global Fellowship Launch 10pm-2am: Projections and keynotes

PANEL | 6:00 PM - Beyond the Frontline: Civilian perspectives in Ukraine and Palestine

Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Tanya Habjouqa, moderated by Laurence Cornet.

Photographers Tanya Habjouqa (Occupied Pleasures, Birds Unaccustomed to Gravity) and Anastasia Taylor-Lind (5k from the Frontline, CatchLight Global Fellow) bring new perspectives to conflict photography by centering ongoing civilian life in war zones. Moderated by journalist Laurence Cornet, their conversation explores long-form storytelling, the importance of local voices, disrupting stereotypes, and how their years-long projects document moments of resilience and normalcy in heavily photographed conflict regions.

KEYNOTE | 6:45 PM - Heart of the storm: Reconnecting North Carolina residents

Andrea Bruce, CatchLight Local Senior Fellow

Following a decade of reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Andrea Bruce has turned her lens to her home in Pamlico County, North Carolina, to reinvigorate local civic engagement and connection by launching a visual journalism publication that highlights the everyday experiences of rural communities. Hear insights from Bruce about the importance of community narratives in shaping democratic discourse in one of the US’s most embattled battleground states - three years after she launched her publication, a month after a devastating hurricane hit the state, and just days after a contentious presidential election.

KEYNOTE | 7:30 PM - ‘Azadi’ by Amandine Lauriol

Photographer Amandine Lauriol documented Marzieh, a 21-year-old Afghan refugee who, after fleeing the Taliban's takeover in 2021, continues her fight for women's rights from France, while being a member of both the French Taekwondo team and the Olympic Refugee Team. Presented by Dysturb.

PANEL | 8:00 PM - ‘No Woman's Land’, An Intimate Look into the Battle for Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

Kiana Hayeri and Mélissa Cornet, laureates of the 14th Carmignac Photojournalism Award.

Photojournalist Kiana Hayeri and researcher Mélissa Cornet provide a powerful look into the condition of women and girls in Afghanistan through their report, 'No Woman’s Land' produced with the support of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award. Over six months, they traveled to seven provinces to document the effects of Taliban rule on women and girls, capturing stories of those denied basic rights, including access to education, work, and public spaces. Through photography, video, and collaborative art with Afghan teenage girls, Kiana and Mélissa reveal both the deep oppression and the resilience of Afghan women. Their discussion will explore the challenges of documenting these realities and the broader impact on women’s rights under oppressive regimes.

8:45 PM | Launch of CatchLight Global Fellowship

CatchLight will open the call for submissions for its Global Fellowship 2025 during the Night of Photojournalism with a Q&A on the stage, and a chance to meet CatchLight staff and past Global Fellows.

Featuring: Adrienne Surprenant | Agnès Dherbeys | Alfred Yaghobzadeh | Amandine Lauriol | Anastasia Taylor-Lind | Andrea Bruce | Anush Babajanyan | Arthur Mercier | Aryana Noroozi | Avishag Shaar-Yashuv | Bruno Stevens | Chloé Sharrock | Corentin Fohlen | Cornelius Tulloch | Daniel Rodrigues | Daro Sulakauri | Denis Allard | Eliot Blondet | FOTOEVIDENCE | Gabriella Angotti-Jones | Gaia Squarci | Gene Dominique | Guillaume Herbaut | Harlan Bozeman | Hugo Ribes | Jan Schmidt-Whitley | Jérémy Lempin | Johanna Alarcón | Kiana Hayeri | Koral Carballo | Laurence Geai | Lilas Lehanneur | Loay Ayoub | Louie Palu | Louisa Ben | Lucien Lung | M'hammed Kilito | Marie Flament | Marin Driguez | Marvin Bonheur | Mathieu Forget | Maud Delaflotte | Mohamed Mahdy | Natalya Saprunova | Nichole Sobecki | Olivier Fitoussi | Olivier Jobard | Paloma Laudet | Paul Lemaire | Pauline Ballet | PHOTOVOGUE | Pieter Ten Hoopen | Rafael Vilela | Raphaël Lafargue | Renée C. Byer | Sarah Pabst | Stacy Kranitz | Véronique de Viguerie | Victorine Alisse | Ximena Natera | Yesica Prado

Tshepiso Mazibuko & Sibusiso Bheka

Photographers Tshepiso Mazibuko and Sibusiso Bheka belong to the so-called “born free” generation, a term designating the black youth born after the first non-racial democratic elections in 1994, who never experienced apartheid. The two photographers, intertwining their sensibilities, take the pulse of the nascent South African democracy, deeply questioning the very meaning of “born free”. Presented by Rubis Mécénat.

Photographer Cristina de Middel investigates photography’s ambiguous relationship to truth. Blending documentary and conceptual photographic practices, she plays with reconstructions and archetypes in order to construct layered depictions of the subjects she approaches. Working from the premise that mass media is reducing our real understanding of the world we live in, De Middel responds to an urgency to re-imagine tired aesthetic tropes and insert opinion in place of facts. Presented by World Press Photo.