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 fr:Christian Caujolle[4] and fr:Zina Rouabah[1][2] 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.
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.
VU' à Orsay. Panini; Musée d'Orsay, 2006. ISBN978-2-905724-69-4. 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. ISBN978-2-350460-69-7. With Anatome graphic design agency.
VU Mag. Paris: Filigranes, 2008. ISBN978-2-35046-132-8. 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. ISBN978-2-35046-148-9. 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. ISBN978-2-9533910-0-8. 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. ISBN978-2-9533910-1-5. 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. ISBN978-2-9533910-4-6. Text by Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Philippe Vayssettes, Aline Pujo, Pascal Ordonneau, François Lapeyre and others.