Last portrait, 1989

The ceremonious Japanese delegation arrived. Two hours of careful and dazzled examination, of exclamations, of “hi” and “han”; in the chimney of the cabanon, I cooked a truffle omelette and the deal was struck!

Jazz, 1989

My first photographic loves, a mixture of blue notes, silver grains and incredible encounters. I love jazz, improvisation, musical travel. For three years, I travelled all over France from festival to festival, following this great musical caravan, from a big top in Coutances for Jazz under the apple trees, to the arenas of Vienne under a stormy rain where I made this unforgettable image of Miles.

Tiananmen Square Protests, 1989

In May 1989, a huge student movement took place in Beijing to protest the corruption of the regime and demand democracy. The famous Tiananmen Square was occupied night and day.

Opéra Garnier, 1988

Agnès Bonnot slipped into the closed but fascinating world behind the scenes of the Palais Garnier, with the aesthetic bias of centering mainly on the dancers’ feet.

Harlem sur Seine, 1988

Serie | Stéphane Duroy worked for a year on the African community in Paris, its customs and way of life.

The Blind, 1988

Over a period of ten years, Jane Evelyn Atwood entered the blind schools of France, Australia, Israel, Japan and the United States. The photographer, fascinated by the visual, has a passion for young blind people who can’t see.

Argentina, Children Hospital, (1986-1988)

Adriana Lestido made this report for two years, in order to document the daily lives of children in hospitals in Argentina.

The rooms of love, 1984-1987

The Chambers of Love setting had been ready for quite a while, ever since The Last Supper photo (1981). I was ready for the alchemy of burning and emptiness.


Fort Nieulay, 1987

Series | This report was commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts and the Centre de Développement Culturel de Calais. It was produced as part of the operation of Social Development of the suburbs carried out by the City of Calais on the Fort Nieulay district.

Sahara, 1987

Series | The sensual and magnificent desert of Bernard Descamps is the culmination of a long-term project on spaces that crosses all the photographer’s production.