{{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 = | founded = 1986 | hq_location = Hôtel Paul Delaroche, 58 Rue Saint Lazare, 75009 Paris | website = [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.<ref name="uni-of-brighton">{{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 }}</ref><ref name="liberation">{{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).}}</ref> It sells photographs, produces books, exhibitions and has a gallery called '''Gallery Vu''' (stylised as Gallery VU'). Xavier Soule is its president and director.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.lensculture.com/exposure-awards-2014?language=en | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | publisher = LensCulture | title = Lens Culture Exposure Awards 2014}}</ref>
==History== Agence VU was established by :fr:Christian Caujolle<ref>{{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}}</ref> and :fr:Zina Rouabah<ref name="uni-of-brighton" /><ref name="liberation" /> in 1986. It is named after France's first illustrated magazine, Vu (stylised as VU), of the 1920s.<ref name="agence-vu-about">{{cite web | url = http://www.agencevu.com/about/index.php | accessdate = 24 February 2015 | publisher = Agence Vu | title = Photographers Agency}}</ref> It was sold in 1997 to Abvent group.
==Members== {{Columns-list|colwidth=18em| *:fr:Michael Ackerman<ref name="agence-vu-photographers">{{cite web | url = http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/index.php | accessdate = 23 February 2015 | publisher = Agence Vu | title = Photographers | archive-date = 21 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131221161816/http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/index.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> *Martina Bacigalupo<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Massimo Berruti<ref>{{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}}</ref> *Alain Bizos<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Bruno Boudjelal<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Philippe Brault<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Juan Manuel Castro Prieto<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Kathryn Cook<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Denis Dailleux<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Jean-Robert Dantou<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *:fr:Denis Darzacq<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *:fr:Pierre-Olivier Deschamps<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Bertrand Desprez<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Miquel Dewever-Plana *Stephen Dock<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Claudine Doury<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Stéphane Duroy<ref>{{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}}</ref> *Gilles Favier<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Maia Flore<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Cédric Gerbehaye<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> *Stanislas Guigui<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Liz Hingley<ref name="uni-of-brighton" /> *Marin Hocq<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *:fr:Rip Hopkins<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *:fr:Françoise Huguier<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Steeve Iuncker<ref>{{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}}</ref> *:fr:Ouka Leele<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *José Manuel Navia<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Darcy Padilla<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Ian Teh<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Pieter Ten Hoopen<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *:fr:Lars Tunbjörk<ref>{{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}}</ref> *Gaël Turine<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Ad Van Denderen<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *:fr:Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Paolo Verzone<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Munem Wasif<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Vanessa Winship<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Hugues de Wurstemberger<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> *Michael Zumstein<ref name="agence-vu-photographers" /> }}
==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== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Official website|www.agencevu.com}} *[http://www.galerievu.com/ Galerie VU'] *[http://www.laboutiquevu.com La Boutique VU]
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