Missions, Doctors, up to the other side of the world, 1989

It all started in Orly on December 22, 1989. That evening, news of Ceaucescu's fall was announced. An anesthetist friend hired by Médecins du Monde drove me into high gear at Orly airport: there, part of Hall number 2 is occupied by a group of adventurous doctors.

The Romanian Revolution, 1989

In December 1989, one month after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Romania was in the final hours of Nicolae Ceausescu's totalitarian regime. After weeks of struggle and protest, this last stronghold of Stalinist communism was overthrown on 21 December 1989 by a coup d'état.

Argentina, Teenage Mothers (1988-1989)

Serie | The teenage mother series, produced between 1988 and 1990, brings a sense of helplessness and discomfort - the result of a lack of social protection for low-income teenage girls when they become mothers.

François Mitterrand's Huge Building Sites, 1989

Serie | These images from 1989 come from a reportage on François Mitterrand's major construction sites.

Berlin Wall Fall, 1989

In November 1989, Manuel Vimenet was in Berlin, where the first demonstrations of Berlin's youth began on the eve of the fall of the Wall.

Alexandria, 1989

Alexandria, Egypt

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.