# Agence Vu

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. It sells photographs, produces books, exhibitions and has a gallery called Gallery Vu (stylised as Gallery VU'). Xavier Soule is its president and director.

## History

Agence VU was established by fr:Christian Caujolle and fr:Zina Rouabah in 1986. It is named after France's first illustrated magazine, Vu (stylised as VU), of the 1920s. It was sold in 1997 to Abvent group.

## Members

* fr:Michael Ackerman
* Martina Bacigalupo
* 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
* Gilles Favier
* Maia Flore
* Cédric Gerbehaye
* Stanislas Guigui
* Liz Hingley
* Marin Hocq
* fr:Rip Hopkins
* fr:Françoise Huguier
* Steeve Iuncker
* fr:Ouka Leele
* José Manuel Navia
* Darcy Padilla
* Ian Teh
* Pieter Ten Hoopen
* fr:Lars Tunbjörk
* Gaël Turine
* Ad Van Denderen
* fr:Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt
* Paolo Verzone
* Munem Wasif
* Vanessa Winship
* Hugues de Wurstemberger
* Michael Zumstein

## 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.