Agence Vu

{{Short description|French photo agency}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox company

| founder= Christian Caujolle and Zina Rouabah

| area_served = Europe

| key_people =

| industry = Photography

| products = Photojournalism, stock photography

| name= Agence VU

| logo= Agence Vu logo.svg

| type=

| foundation = 1986

| location = Hôtel Paul Delaroche, 58 Rue Saint Lazare, 75009 Paris

| homepage = [http://www.agencevu.com/ 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.{{cite web|url=http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/whats-on/news-and-events/2012/recent-news/prestigious-appointment-for-photography-graduate |date=19 December 2012 |accessdate=23 February 2015 |publisher=University of Brighton |title=Prestigious appointment for photography graduate |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223225043/http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/whats-on/news-and-events/2012/recent-news/prestigious-appointment-for-photography-graduate |archivedate=23 February 2015 }}{{cite news | url = http://www.liberation.fr/vous/1995/12/15/une-agence-de-photographes-plus-qu-une-agence-de-photo-agence-vu_152164 | date = 15 December 1995 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | newspaper = Libération | title = Une agence de photographes plus qu'une agence de photo. (Agence Vu).}} It sells photographs, produces books, exhibitions and has a gallery called Gallery Vu (stylised as Gallery VU'). Xavier Soule is its president and director.{{cite web | url = https://www.lensculture.com/exposure-awards-2014?language=en | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | publisher = LensCulture | title = Lens Culture Exposure Awards 2014}}

History

Agence VU was established by :fr:Christian Caujolle{{cite web | url = http://fkmagazine.lv/2012/08/20/interview-with-christian-caujolle/ | date = 20 August 2012 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | first = Elīna | last = Ruka | publisher = Contemporary culture centre KultKom, society | title = Interview with Christian Caujolle}} and :fr:Zina Rouabah in 1986. It is named after France's first illustrated magazine, Vu (stylised as VU), of the 1920s.{{cite web | url = http://www.agencevu.com/about/index.php | accessdate = 24 February 2015 | publisher = Agence Vu | title = Photographers Agency}} It was sold in 1997 to Abvent group.

Members

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  • :fr:Michael Ackerman{{cite web | url = http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/index.php | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | publisher = Agence Vu | title = Photographers}}
  • Martina Bacigalupo
  • Massimo Berruti{{cite news | url = http://lightbox.time.com/2011/11/18/lashkars-in-pakistan-by-massimo-berruti/#1 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111119201508/http://lightbox.time.com/2011/11/18/lashkars-in-pakistan-by-massimo-berruti/#1 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 November 2011 | date = 18 November 2011 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | first = Vivienne | last = Walt | magazine = Time | title = Lashkars in Pakistan by Massimo Berruti}}
  • Alain Bizos
  • Bruno Boudjelal
  • Philippe Brault
  • Juan Manuel Castro Prieto
  • Kathryn Cook
  • Denis Dailleux
  • Jean-Robert Dantou
  • :fr:Denis Darzacq
  • :fr:Pierre-Olivier Deschamps
  • Bertrand Desprez
  • Miquel Dewever-Plana
  • Stephen Dock
  • Claudine Doury
  • Stéphane Duroy{{cite web | url = http://fr.euronews.com/2009/11/09/chute-du-mur-de-berlin-stephane-duroy-photographe-a-l-agence-vu-se-souvient/ | date = 9 November 2009 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | publisher = Euronews | title = Chute du mur de Berlin : Stéphane Duroy, photographe à l'agence Vu, se souvient}}
  • Gilles Favier
  • Maia Flore
  • Cédric Gerbehaye{{cite news | url = http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/23/cedric-gerbehayes-belgium-a-country-in-flux/#1 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025224620/http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/23/cedric-gerbehayes-belgium-a-country-in-flux/#1 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 25 October 2012 | date = 23 October 2012 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | first = Elizabeth | last = Herman | magazine = Time | title = Cédric Gerbehaye's Belgium: A Country in Flux}}{{cite news | url = http://lightbox.time.com/2013/10/10/broken-hopes-in-the-west-bank/#1 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131010113921/http://lightbox.time.com/2013/10/10/broken-hopes-in-the-west-bank/#1 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 October 2013 | date = 10 October 2013 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | first = Cédric | last = Gerbehaye | magazine = Time | title = Broken Hopes in the West Bank}}
  • Stanislas Guigui
  • Liz Hingley
  • Marin Hocq
  • :fr:Rip Hopkins
  • :fr:Françoise Huguier
  • Steeve Iuncker{{cite news | url = http://lightbox.time.com/2013/04/10/yakutsk-the-coldest-city-on-earth/#1 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130411021948/http://lightbox.time.com/2013/04/10/yakutsk-the-coldest-city-on-earth/#1 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 11 April 2013 | date = 10 April 2013 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | first = Steeve | last = Iuncker | magazine = Time | title = Yakutsk: The Coldest City on Earth}}
  • :fr:Ouka Leele
  • José Manuel Navia
  • Darcy Padilla
  • Ian Teh
  • Pieter Ten Hoopen
  • :fr:Lars Tunbjörk{{cite news | url = http://lightbox.time.com/2013/06/13/cremation-the-new-american-way-of-death/#1 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614161513/http://lightbox.time.com/2013/06/13/cremation-the-new-american-way-of-death/#1 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 June 2013 | date = 13 June 2013 | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | first = Josh | last = Sanburn | magazine = Time | title = Cremation: The New American Way of Death}}
  • Gaël Turine
  • Ad Van Denderen
  • :fr:Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt
  • Paolo Verzone
  • Munem Wasif
  • Vanessa Winship
  • Hugues de Wurstemberger
  • Michael Zumstein

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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|978-2-84538-712-6}}. 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|978-2-905724-69-4}}. 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|978-2-7324-2925-0}}.

=VU' Mag=

  • VU Mag. Paris: Filigranes, 2008. {{ISBN|978-2-35046-132-8}}. 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|978-2-35046-148-9}}. 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|978-2-9533910-0-8}}. 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|978-2-9533910-1-5}}. 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|978-2-9533910-4-6}}. Text by Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Philippe Vayssettes, Aline Pujo, Pascal Ordonneau, François Lapeyre and others.

References

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