Agence Vu
Industry | Photography |
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Founded | 1986 |
Founder | Christian Caujolle and Zina Rouabah |
Headquarters | Hôtel Paul Delaroche, 58 Rue Saint Lazare, 75009 Paris |
Area served | Europe |
Products | Photojournalism, stock photography |
Website | agencevu.com |
Agence Vu, (stylised as Agence VU and Agence VU') is a photography agency established in 1986 that has headquarters on Rue Saint-Lazare in Paris. It works with both photojournalists and art photographers, not specialising in one field of photography.[1][2] It sells photographs, produces books, exhibitions and has a gallery called Gallery Vu (stylised as Gallery VU'). Xavier Soule is its president and director.[3]
History
Agence VU was established by fr:Christian Caujolle[4] and fr:Zina Rouabah[1][2] in 1986. It is named after France's first illustrated magazine, Vu (stylised as VU), of the 1920s.[5] It was sold in 1997 to Abvent group.
Members
- fr:Michael Ackerman[6]
- Martina Bacigalupo[6]
- Massimo Berruti[7]
- Alain Bizos[6]
- Bruno Boudjelal[6]
- Philippe Brault[6]
- Juan Manuel Castro Prieto[6]
- Kathryn Cook[6]
- Denis Dailleux[6]
- Jean-Robert Dantou[6]
- fr:Denis Darzacq[6]
- fr:Pierre-Olivier Deschamps[6]
- Bertrand Desprez[6]
- Miquel Dewever-Plana
- Stephen Dock[6]
- Claudine Doury[6]
- Stéphane Duroy[8]
- Gilles Favier[6]
- Maia Flore[6]
- Cédric Gerbehaye[9][10]
- Stanislas Guigui[6]
- Liz Hingley[1]
- Marin Hocq[6]
- fr:Rip Hopkins[6]
- fr:Françoise Huguier[6]
- Steeve Iuncker[11]
- fr:Ouka Leele[6]
- José Manuel Navia[6]
- Darcy Padilla[6]
- Ian Teh[6]
- Pieter Ten Hoopen[6]
- fr:Lars Tunbjörk[12]
- Gaël Turine[6]
- Ad Van Denderen[6]
- fr:Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt[6]
- Paolo Verzone[6]
- Munem Wasif[6]
- Vanessa Winship[6]
- Hugues de Wurstemberger[6]
- Michael Zumstein[6]
Gallery VU'
Agence Vu has a gallery, Gallery Vu' (stylised as Gallery VU'), at the same location as the agency. It opened in 1998 and has six exhibitions each year.
Publications
Books
- Agence VU, 15 ans. Martinière, 2001.
- VU' à Paris. Panini, 2006. ISBN 2845387121. French text. Preface by fr:Christian Caujolle, text by Magali Jauffret, photographs by 18 Agence Vu photographers.
- VU' à Orsay. Panini; Musée d'Orsay, 2006. ISBN 2905724692. English and French text. Introduction by Serge Lemoine, text by Christian Caujolle, photographs by Gabriele Basilico, Rip Hopkins, Richard Dumas, Juan Manuel Castro-Pietro and Stanley Greene.
- 80+80 Photo_Graphisme. Paris: Filigranes; Aman Iman, 2006. ISBN 978-2-350460-69-7. With Anatome graphic design agency.
- Agence VU' Galerie. Arles, France: fr:Actes Sud, 2006. ISBN 978-2-7427-6068-8. Photo Poche No. 107.
- Circonstances particulières. Arles, France: Actes Sud, 2007. ISBN 978-2-7427-6873-8. By Christian Caujolle.
- VU MAG. Aman Iman, 2009. ISBN 978-2732429250.
VU' Mag
- VU Mag. Paris: Filigranes, 2008. ISBN 2350461327. Text by Eric Audinet, Christian Caujolle, Naxto Checa, Catherine Coleman, Gösta Flemming, Hélène Pinet and Cédric de Veigy.
- VU Mag 2: Japon. Paris: Filigranes; Aman Iman, 2008. ISBN 2350461483. Text by Anne Biroleau, Irène Attinger, Marc Feustel, Claude Leblanc, Manfred Heiting and Antonin Potoski.
- VU Mag 3: au Cinéma. Paris: Filigranes; Aman Iman, 2009. ISBN 2953391002. Text by Serge Daney, Serge Toubiana, Dytivon, David Marcilhacy, Christian Caujolle, Benoît Rivero, Richard Dumas and Stéphane Raymond.
- VU Mag 4: émergence. Agence et Galerie VU'; Aman Iman, 2009. ISBN 2953391010. Text by Amin Maalouf, Mustapha Chérif, Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh, Atiq Rahimi, Michael Onfray, Jean-Claude Carrière and Isabelle Eshraghi.
- VU Mag 5 Collections. VU’ Editions; Aman Iman, 2010. ISBN 2953391045. Text by Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Philippe Vayssettes, Aline Pujo, Pascal Ordonneau, François Lapeyre and others.
References
- 1 2 3 "Prestigious appointment for photography graduate". University of Brighton. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- 1 2 "Une agence de photographes plus qu'une agence de photo. (Agence Vu).". Libération. 15 December 1995. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Lens Culture Exposure Awards 2014". LensCulture. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Ruka, Elīna (20 August 2012). "Interview with Christian Caujolle". Contemporary culture centre KultKom, society. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Photographers Agency". Agence Vu. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "Photographers". Agence Vu. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Walt, Vivienne (18 November 2011). "Lashkars in Pakistan by Massimo Berruti". Time. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ "Chute du mur de Berlin : Stéphane Duroy, photographe à l'agence Vu, se souvient". Euronews. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Herman, Elizabeth (23 October 2012). "Cédric Gerbehaye's Belgium: A Country in Flux". Time. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Gerbehaye, Cédric (10 October 2013). "Broken Hopes in the West Bank". Time. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Iuncker, Steeve (10 April 2013). "Yakutsk: The Coldest City on Earth". Time. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ↑ Sanburn, Josh (13 June 2013). "Cremation: The New American Way of Death". Time. Retrieved 23 February 2015.