title: Agence Vu
text: # 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.
  