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 | La Visite Nicolas Comment"In 2000 I came for the first time in Vitre. Patrick Le Bescont would publish the final book by Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, "Mise en Demeure" (with photographs by Jean-Philippe Reverdot). I was 25, I had just moved to Paris and Patrick had hired me as an assistant some time ago. The latest book by Bernard Lamarche-Vadel was thus the first book in which I participated: I had the script in hand and worked on the layout of text. I already knew the critic and soon feverishly read all his books. It was obvious to me than anything since Camera Lucida Roland Barthes had been writing about photography in France that has reached that level of tone, panache ... But I did not know that beneath the mask grating was hiding a critic distinguished novelist and singular poet "[...] Nicolas Comment (excerpt) La visite | This book is a tribute to the novelist, poet, in short to the artist that Bernard Lamarche-Vadel was (he passed away ten years ago). The visit takes place in the places ( Vitre where BLV created the art library) situations (The Castle Rongère where BHL lived) , and images of "women-animal", freely inspired by the book "Sa vie, son œuvre". Text from: Danielle Robert-Guedon Editor: Filigranes (2010) 48 pages Size: 170x235  |
 | Congo in limbo Cédric Gerbehaye"Congo in Limbo" is the photographic essay done by Cedric Gerbahye conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), resulting from the time spent and his rigorous commitment. His viewpoint encompasses the complexity and intracies of an overlooked conflict. Stephen Smith, journalist and writer, Africa specialist, Andrew Philip, researcher on the DRC for Amnesty International, Christian Caujolle , founder of the VU Agency and Gallery, provide telling commentaries on the visual and journalistic investigation, which sheds essential light on the Africa of the Great Lakes. Gerbehaye Cedric is a member of VU Agence. His work "Congo in Limbo" has won seven international awards, including a World Press Photo, the Amnesty International Media Award and the Olivier Rebbot Award from the Overseas Press Club of America. Text from: Stephen Smith, Christian Caujolle, et Andrew Philip Editor: Le bec en l'air (2010) 232 pages Size: 21,4 x 28,3 cm ISBN :2916073590
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 | VU(es) sur Cannes Agence VUOn retient le plus souvent du Festival de Cannes les mêmes images convenues : un tapis rouge, des stars… Réalisé en partenariat avec ARTE Actions Culturelles, Agnès b. et La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs VU(es) sur Cannes est une édition spéciale limitée de 1 000 exemplaires qui propose une sélection de photographies de 6 photographes de l’Agence VU’ qui ont « couvert » le Festival de Cannes. Des images poétiques, drôles, intrigantes, grinçantes… signées Michael Ackerman, Richard Dumas, Steeve Iuncker, Martin Kollar, LarsTunbjörk et Hugues de Wurstemberger qui nous offrent leurs regards décalés sur cette grande messe du cinéma international. Avec humour et fantaisie, Jackie Berroyer pose ses mots sur certaines photographies. En vente à la Galerie VU Text from: Jackie Berroyer Editor: VU’ Editions (2010) 76 pages Size: 14,8 x 21 cm |
 | Another Country Rip HopkinsAnother Country is the first book of photographs devoted to the British in France. Rip Hopkins' 68 portraits provide a record that is both personal and objective, showing the real and imaginary world of British expats in France. Having himself abandoned the UK, Rip Hopkins re-exa- mines his roots and his passionate relationship with France. Antony Mair, a British settler in the Dordogne considers what it means for him and others to be expatriates, while Pauline de La Boulaye, a French national sets out her view of the British, the photographer and the present time. These different accounts raise questions of identity and of belonging, in the context of a society adapting to globalisation. Distur- bing and surreal, Rip Hopkins' photographs resonate at the deepest levels of our consciousness. Text from: Antony Mair, Pauline de La Boulaye et Rip Hopkins Editor: Filigranes Editions (2010) 128 pages Size: 23x31 cm ISBN :2350461912
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 | Jane Evelyn Atwood (Photo poche N°125) Jane Evelyn AtwoodPremière lauréate du prestigieux prix de la fondation W. Eugene-Smith (1980), l’Américaine Jane Evelyn Atwood, parisienne d’adoption, fait preuve depuis plus de trente ans d’une clarté radicale quant aux raisons qui l’ont conduite à choisir la photographie. Son œuvre s’inscrit dans les temps forts de l’histoire de la photographie sociale, dont elle a renouvelé les formes mais maintenu et renforcé les principes éthiques fondateurs. Text from: Catherine Chaine Editor: Actes Sud (2010) 144 pages Size: 12,5 x 19 cm ISBN :2742789642
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 | La lumière des jours Sophie ChivetAu fil des saisons Sophie Chivet a saisi les formes, la lumière, le vent qui fait doucement bouger les herbes. Elle s’est laissé porter par la douceur tourangelle. En partage avec les poèmes puissants et délicats de Anna de Noailles, elle a cherché l’éblouissement, la fragilité, l’irrémédiable. Chargées de nuances colorées, de nostalgie et de sensualité, ses photographies mènent à s’interroger sur notre rapport au temps et à la terre. Text from: Anna de Noailles (poèmes) Editor: Editions de Sauroy (2010) 48 pages Size: 17,5 x 17,5 cm |
 | Occupation Soldier Ad Van DenderenSince the end of the Cold War in 1990 and the expected conclusion of the Uruzgan mission in 2010, almost 90,000 Dutch soldiers have been involved in peacekeeping operations. What do we remember of them, what remains in our collective visual memory? Precious little. Peacekeeping does not produce spectacular images. Except when it goes wrong. The fall of Srebrenica is an open wound in Dutch (military) history. Even so, every day young men and women do their often dangerous duty. Drawn by the adventure, out of a need for camaraderie and sometimes also out of idealism and a sense of responsibility. In total, around 40 of them have lost their lives, more than half in Afghanistan. As part of their annual photo commission, Document Nederland, the Rijksmuseum and NRC Handelsblad newspaper asked photographer Ad van Denderen to give this history a face. Van Denderen followed the recruits during their training in The Netherlands and on their missions in Chad and Uruzgan: hard working, operating with caution; a frequently unglamorous existence. He also turned his lens towards family members. He captured the Christmas and New Year’s greetings being recorded in a television studio and visited the homes of families whose sons will never return – the target of insurgents as a result of their occupation. ‘Wars are begun because the lust for war exists,’ writes Arnon Grunberg. His polemic examination of the notion of civilisation forms the introduction to Occupation: Soldier. Grunberg visited ISAF, NATO’s peacekeeping and reconstruction force in Afghanistan, in 2006 and 2007. Text from: Arnon Grunberg Editor: NRC Boeken / Paradox (2010) 17 pages Size: 20 x 25 cm ISBN :9079985112
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Interviews
Bruno Boudjelal - 
Jane Evelyn Atwood - “les sentinelles de l’ombre”, By France Info (French) - 2008 May
Frédéric Lecloux - Emission : 
Juan Manuel Castro Prieto - Interview by Actuphoto.com (French)
Steeve Iuncker - Book “levées de corps”, By Radio Suisse Romande (French)
Frédéric Lecloux - Emission : "Culture vive" April 2008 (French)
Steeve Iuncker - actuphoto.com interview (French)
Miquel Dewever-Plana - actuphoto.com interview (French)
Denis Dailleux - Interview by France 24
Isabelle Eshraghi - Interview by Canal Obs.tv (French)
Steeve Iuncker - Interview by TSR (French)
Kathryn Cook - actuphoto.com interview
Stéphane Duroy - actuphoto.com interview (French)
Denis Dailleux - actuphoto.com interview (French)
Arja Hyytiäinen - actuphoto.com interview
Alain Bizos - actuphoto.com interview (French)VU' A PARIS
Michael Ackerman - PortraitPhotographers' videos
JR - Exhibition Paris 2009 - Ile Saint Louis
Ouka Leele - La Mirada de Ouka Leele
JR - Women are heroes (projet)
Frédéric Lecloux - Kathmandu Natural History Museum
Vanessa Winship - Black Sea – Between Chronicle and Fiction
JR - Kenya – Action 09
Edouard Beau - Searching for Hassan
Cédric Gerbehaye - Condition: Critical Voices from the war in Eastern Congo
Paolo Verzone - Beyrouth before/after
Christian Poveda - La vida loca
Tiane Doan na Champassak - Natpwe - The feast of the spirits
Steeve Iuncker - Critique du film par Alianov (French)
Steeve Iuncker - Alianov, paroles de Russe "la mort" (French)
Miquel Dewever-Plana - El genocido silenciado (Spanish)
Ad Van Denderen - Go No Go
Rip Hopkins - Dallas 3 (Romania)
Rip Hopkins - Dallas 1 (Romania)
Rip Hopkins - Dallas 2 (Romania)
Rip Hopkins - Aneries (French)VU' on the Web
 | Martina Bacigalupo Martina Bacigalupo : CANON Female Photojournalist Award for Directed by France 24 "In this edition of culture, we speak to the Italian prize winning photographer Martina Bacigalupo. Eve Jackson talks to her about her human rights projects in East Africa." |
 | Agence VU VU application for Iphone Directed by Abvent R&D - Stories : more than 800 news stories, society topics, portraits, with chronological, alphabetical and geographical browses. - Photographers : photographers biographies and stories. - Galerie VU’ : selection of pictures from the current exhibition. - News : exhibitions, books, awards... |
 | Jane Evelyn Atwood Photography can make things change Directed by France 24 Eve Jackson speaks to one of the world's leading photo journalists, Jane Evelyn Atwood. She's managed to penetrate worlds most of us do not know. Her work in prisons, with prostitutes and the victims of land mines has been published and exhibited worldwide. She is fighting for the release from jail of Gaile Owens, a woman who has been languishing on death row since 1986. |
 | Cédric Gerbehaye Congo in limbo : website Directed by Cédric Gerbehaye | VU' (Maitrise d'oeuvre) | Abvent (Webdesign) “Congo in Limbo” is the photographic essay done by Cédric Gerbehaye in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), resulting from the time he spent there and his rigorous commitment. His viewpoint encompasses the complexity and intricacies of an overlooked conflict. |
 | Philippe Brault Prison Valley Directed by David Dufresne & Philippe Brault A web documentary Welcome to Cañon City, Colorado. A town in the middle of nowhere with 36,000 souls and 13 prisons, one of which is Supermax, the new 'Alcatraz' of America. A prison town where even those living on the outside live on the inside. A journey into what the future might hold. |
 | Brigitte Grignet Directed by Visura Magazine.com Chiloé is an archipelago 1.100 kilometers south of Santiago in Chile. Its isolation has allowed a strong sense of kinship, and of identity. The island has developed its own mythology and culture, reflecting the constant struggle with the land and the sea. |
 | Stéphane Duroy Directed by Euronews Interview by Ricardo Figueira The fall of the Berlin Wall was, without doubt, one of the major events of the second half of the 20th Century. But if you know the whole story, it is largely thanks to the media, thanks to the photographs we have seen… photos that have made headlines and become iconic images around the world. |
 | Agence VU VU MAG 4 émergence For its issue number 4 released, VU MAG has chosen the theme of the Arab and Persian world. Through portfolios, cartes blanches, crossed point of views and specialists reviews, VU MAG Emergence explores the different aspects of this universe. |
 | Munem Wasif Meeting with Munem Wasif, during the delivery of the Pictet award Directed by Didier de Faÿs - photographie.com Lors de la remise du Prix Pictet 2008 au Palais de Tokyo, Ivan Pictet a annoncé l’attribution d’une commande pour documenter un projet sur l’eau déployé par WaterAid au Bangladesh. Cette commande d’un montant de 25000 euros est octroyée à Munem Wasif l’un des photographes finalistes du Prix, pour suivre le projet «Chittagong Hill Tracts» (le réseau des collines) et qui bénéficie du soutien financier de Pictet & Cie. |
 | Munem Wasif Visa pour l'image - Perpignan 2008 Directed by Didier de Faÿs - photographie.com |
 | Vanessa Winship Sweet nothings : The Schoolgirls from the Borderlands of Eastern Anatolia (French) - By agendeo I had been living and working in the region for almost a decade, and in Turkey itself for more than four years. I was drawn by ideas of borders and belonging. |
 | Agence VU Interview with Vincent Marcilhacy : VU' MAG, Presentation of the review VU MAG (French) - By agendeo Directed by Agendeo La revue proposera deux fois par an un espace d’exploration des relations possibles entre la photographie et la page, une nouvelle occasion de manifester ce rôle de découvreur et de passeur attaché à l’Agence VU’ depuis l’origine. |
 | Jeffrey Silverthorne Interview with Gilou Le Gruiec / Galerie VU' (french) - By agendeo Jeffrey Silverthorne et Gilou Le Gruiec de la Galerie VU'. Le photographe nous présente son exposition, nous parle de son travail et Gilou Le Gruiec, directrice de la Galerie VU', nous parle de leur rencontre. |
 | Ian Teh Beijing Tries To Clear the Air, by Time.com Beijing is working hard to improve the city's air quality in order to avoid having this summer's Olympics be remembered as the 'Smog Games'. It still has a ways to go. |
 | Ouka Leele ¿ Reina de la movida ? (Spanish) |
 | Denis Darzacq Le ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête, by photographie.com (French) Directed by Photographie.com “Au premier regard, trouve-t-on ce qu’on cherche ? Apparemment tout est là : un cadre et un sujet. Pourtant, cette apparente normalité, cet équilibre des formes et des couleurs, recèle une insoupçonnée profondeur. Que voit-on ?” |
 | Aniu One day one picture by Actuphoto.com (French) |
 | faux Slideshow : On the Frontlines in the Battle Against the Taliban by Time Photographer Alvaro Ybarra Zavala documents life at a remote mountain outpost where Afghanistan soldiers police a dangerous border; |
 | Ian Teh Slideshow : China Me Generation by Time Today's young Chinese are better educated and more worldly than ever. |
 | Michael Ackerman Interview by L'oeil électrique (French) Récemment reconnu pour son travail sur Bénarès, avec la publication du livre End time City (Nathan/Delpire) et le prix World Press Photo Masterclass en 97, Michael Ackerman explore sa ville, New York, depuis 1990... |
 | Alain Bizos Interview by Photographie.com (French) Rencontres africaines de la photographie 2005 "Sous le voile" |
 | Bruno Boudjelal Interview by Altérités (French) [parcours de vie] Photographe sensible Bruno Boudjelal est photographe à l'agence Vu. Né à Montreuil d'un père algérien et d'une mère française, son histoire familiale est chaotique. Après des études de géographie et quelques années passées comme guide en Asie du Sud-Est, il éprouve le besoin d'aller sur les traces de ses racines en Algérie et choisit la photographie comme medium d'approche. Son premier voyage déterminera sa pratique photographique. |
 | Cédric Gerbehaye Slideshow : Congo's Child Soldiers by Time Directed by Time Photographer Cedric Gerbehaye documents a transit center in Ituri District, where the UN and the government of Congo struggle to re-integrate former militia members back into society |
News
 | VU : New address In September 2010, Galerie and Agence VU enter a place steeped in history and culture, in the heart of Paris : the Hotel Paul Delaroche, 58 rue Saint Lazare. A new adress for new projects and dynamics : adjustable exhibition spaces for original scenographies, meeting points, a bookstore... © Michael Zumstein |
 | Vanessa Winship, winner of Discoveries PHE Vanessa Winship, winner of Discoveries PHE Brugal Extra Viejo Award for the series Sweet Nothings The Prize Discoveries PHE Brugal Extra VIejo will allow her to have a solo exhibibion with her work in the next edition of PHotoEspaña The series joins portraits in black and white of girls with the school traditional uniforms from Turkey The artist will receive the prize in the official presentation of PHotoEspaña 2010 Awards that will take place on Thursday at 20.00 h. in the Naves del Español at Matadero Madrid |
 | Best wishes 2010! L'agence VU' whises you a happy new year 2010 |
 | Michael Ackerman : SCAM Roger Pic Prize, 2009 for the portfolio: Departure, Poland |
 | VU' Selection 2009 See the striking pictures of VU photographers all over the year 2009. |
 | VU' Selection 2008 See the striking pictures of VU photographers all over the year 2008. |
 | VU' at Visa pour l'image 2008 Just see the selection of stories shown by the VU' Agency at the 20th festival "VISA Pour l'image" at Perpignan |
 | VU MAG, Contemporary Photography Journal, available 19th june 2008 The creation of the review VU MAG opens a new chapter in the history of VU' Agency and Gallery’s commitment for author photography.  Visit www.vumag.info website |
 | Cannes film festival (1999 - 2006) |
 | Cédric Gerbehaye : The Best of Photojournalism 2nd Place, International News Picture Story "Congo in Limbo" |
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