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.

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.