A major figure of photojournalism at AFP, Éric Schwab is best known for having been one of the first to document the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. But his work is far from limited to that dramatic period of history. After the Liberation, Éric Schwab left France for New York, where his American work took on a lighter, even glamorous tone, particularly in the cabarets, where he enjoyed photographing dancers and jazz musicians… He then joined several United Nations agencies, building a humanist body of photographic work there. Over the 15 years he devoted to this, he traveled the world – Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Trinidad, Haiti – producing thousands of striking photographs: schools for UNESCO, clinics for the WHO, factories for the International Labour Office. “All the usual misery that I cannot get used to,” he wrote in one of his rare logbooks.
The result of an exceptional partnership between Agence France-Presse and Cercle d’Art, this book is published on the occasion of the monographic exhibition devoted to the photographer at UNESCO. It aims to shed light on the multifaceted work of a figure who has for too long gone under the radar in the history of photography.
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This book, produced in collaboration with Agence France-Presse, offers a fresh perspective on Paris through the AFP’s photographic archives. Bringing together 200 images, several of them previously unpublished, Paris: Agence France-Presse Archives traces the transformations of the capital, from the Liberation of Paris to the Notre-Dame fire in 2019, including May ’68, major construction projects, fashion shows, and scenes of everyday life. Restored and meticulously documented, these photographs reveal as much about the evolution of the city as about the evolution of photography itself. A true journey through time, this book shows how news photographs have become major witnesses to our heritage.
In 2026, the bicentennial year of photography, this book highlights the essential role of archives in transmitting history and shaping our view of the city.
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The photographic archives of Agence France-Presse are among the most valuable visual records of our contemporary history. This book, published by Éditions Cercle d’Art, brings together a selection of photographs that defined the 1960s, from the construction of the Berlin Wall to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, from the first steps of man on the Moon to the events of May ’68 in France. Far more than an archival book, Photos from the 1960s builds a genuine photographic narrative in which each image illuminates its era through both documentary value and aesthetic power. On the occasion of the bicentenary of photography in 2026, this volume highlights the importance of photojournalism in transmitting our collective memory and understanding the present.
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The photographic archives of Agence France-Presse are among the most valuable visual records of our contemporary history. This book, published by Éditions Cercle d’Art, brings together a selection of photographs that defined the 1970s, from the fall of Saigon to the death of General Franco, from the 1973 oil crisis to the 1972 Munich Olympics. Far more than an archival book, Photos from the 1970s builds a genuine photographic narrative in which each image illuminates its era through both documentary value and aesthetic power. On the occasion of the bicentenary of photography in 2026, this volume highlights the importance of photojournalism in transmitting our collective memory and understanding the present.
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The photographic archives of Agence France-Presse are among the most valuable visual testimonies of our contemporary history. This book, published by Éditions Cercle d’Art, brings together a selection of photographs that marked the 1980s, from the Tiananmen Square protests to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, from the trial of Klaus Barbie, German war criminal, in Lyon, to the great figures of culture and sport, as well as the Heysel Stadium tragedy. Far more than a book of archives, Photos from the 1980s constructs a genuine photographic narrative in which each image illuminates its era through both documentary value and aesthetic power. On the occasion of the bicentenary of photography in 2026, this volume highlights the importance of photojournalism in transmitting our collective memory and understanding the present.
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The photographic archives of Agence France-Presse are among the most valuable visual testimonies of our contemporary history. This book, published by Éditions Cercle d’Art, brings together a selection of photographs that marked the 1990s, from the collapse of the Soviet bloc to the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, from Nelson Mandela’s release to the handshake between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, as well as the French national football team’s victory at the 1998 World Cup. Far more than a book of archives, Photos from the 1990s constructs a genuine photographic narrative in which each image illuminates its era through both documentary value and aesthetic power. On the occasion of the bicentenary of photography in 2026, this volume highlights the importance of photojournalism in transmitting our collective memory and understanding the present.
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