Agence Vu Explained

Founder:	Christian Caujolle and Zina Rouabah
Area Served:	Europe
Industry:	Photography
Products:	Photojournalism, stock photography
Agence VU
Foundation:	1986
Location:	Hôtel Paul Delaroche, 58 Rue Saint Lazare, 75009 Paris
Homepage:	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 ^[4] and 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.

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. . French text. Preface by, text by Magali Jauffret, photographs by 18 Agence Vu photographers.
• VU' à Orsay. Panini; Musée d'Orsay, 2006. . 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. . With Anatome graphic design agency.
• Agence VU' Galerie. Arles, France:, 2006. . Photo Poche No. 107.
• Circonstances particulières. Arles, France: Actes Sud, 2007. . By Christian Caujolle.
• VU MAG. Aman Iman, 2009. .

VU' Mag

• VU Mag. Paris: Filigranes, 2008. . 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. . 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. . 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. . 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. . Text by Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Philippe Vayssettes, Aline Pujo, Pascal Ordonneau, François Lapeyre and others.

External links

• • Galerie VU'
• La Boutique VU

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prestigious appointment for photography graduate . 19 December 2012 . 23 February 2015 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150223225043/http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/whats-on/news-and-events/2012/recent-news/prestigious-appointment-for-photography-graduate . 23 February 2015 .
2. News: Une agence de photographes plus qu'une agence de photo. (Agence Vu).. 15 December 1995 . 23 February 2015 . .
3. Web site: Lens Culture Exposure Awards 2014. 23 February 2015 . .
4. Web site: Interview with Christian Caujolle. 20 August 2012 . 23 February 2015 . Elīna . Ruka . Contemporary culture centre KultKom, society .
5. Web site: Photographers Agency. 24 February 2015 . Agence Vu .