Series - Agence VU'

Polaroids, 1977

About twenty Polaroids created by Strömholm in 1976 present the assemblies of images and objects and constitute so many visual plays on words that reveal the profound influence of surrealism on Strömholm.

Protest Against Racism with Jean Paul Sartre, 1971

1971: Djellali Ben Ali, 15, was killed by the caretaker of his building in the Goutte d’Or in Paris.

Virxilio Vieitez séries

Daily Life, 1955-1965

Vieitez documented the different episodes, either solemn or common, of the daily life in his countryside.

Christer Strömholm séries

Paris, 1965

"The pictures of a lost Paris does not call up our nostalgia but revive our curiosity and support our interest as a document..."

Virxilio Vieitez séries

Passport Photographs (1955-1965)

Vieitez made hundreds of passport photographs when the ID card became compulsory in 1962.

Christer Strömholm séries

Japon, 1963

Christer Strömholm travelled to Japan to photograph, in a sober and sparse expression, the faces of the victims of the Hiroshima disaster.

Christer Strömholm séries

America, 1963

On her journey around the world, Christer Strömholm travelled to some of the major cities in the United States between 1962 and 1963.

Christer Strömholm séries

Children, 1963

Christer Strömholm's images of children, so far removed from the charm and anecdote that made the success of "French romanticism" so successful, are both generous and respectful and of infinite sadness.

Christer Strömholm séries

Portraits of Artists, 1962

Strömholm is very interested in art history and is very close to contemporary artists. He makes numerous portraits and discovers that he possesses a particular talent « to break through the shell of the artists ».

Virxilio Vieitez séries

Mobile Circus, 1959

Virxilio Vieitez had models posed outdoors because he found the studio boring and he installed them firmly to compose images that he immortalized by saving film to the point of never taking more than two shots of the same motif.