Amaury da Cunha, born in Paris in 1976, is both a photographer and a writer. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles in 2000 and quickly stood out for his dual artistic talent, combining image and writing. He is currently a journalist at Le Monde and an editor at Le Monde des livres.

In 2009, he made his literary and photographic debut with Saccades, a collection combining texts and images, published by Yellow Now. His first solo exhibition in Paris, in November 2012 as part of the Mois de la Photo, was accompanied by the publication of Après tout by Le Caillou Bleu. In 2015, he expanded his bibliography with Fond de l’œil (Le Rouergue), a collection of stories exploring photography, and Incidences (Filigranes), his third monographic work.

His writing diversified with the publication of Histoire souterraine, an autobiographical account published by Le Rouergue in March 2017. In May 2018, he collaborated with Sylvie Gracia on the publication of Demeure, a photography book accompanied by texts, published by h’artpon.

In 2021, after a writing residency at the Randell Cottage in Wellington, New Zealand, Amaury da Cunha published a documentary story, Baby Farmer, with Plein Jour. His next work, (Sonner dans le vide), will be published in 2025 by Iconoclaste.

Léa Bismuth Author and art critic, her practice combines literature and contemporary art, and explores the possibilities of writing the exhibition, from essay to story. She has been writing in artpress since 2006. Nourished with philosophy, she initiated the curatorial research program La Traversée des Inquiétudes (a trilogy of exhibitions after Georges Bataille, Labanque de Béthune, from 2016 to 2019). Since 2013, she has curated about twenty exhibitions. In May 2019, she published La Besogne des Images at Editions Filigranes, and co-curator of the exhibition Dans l’atelier la création at work at the Musée Delacroix Paris.

Yannick Haenel was born September 23, 1967 in Rennes. He spent his youth in Africa, then in Prytanée Military Boom (living he recounted in his first novel, The Little soldiers, published in 1996 by Editions of the Round Table). He lives in Paris, where he co-hosts with François Meyronnis the journal Risk Line, which he founded in 1997. He has published, among others, four novels by Gallimard, The Infinite collection: Introduction to French Death (2001) Moving from avalanches (2003), Circle (2007, prices in December), and Jan Karski (2009 prices and Interallié Fnac novel prize) and an essay on Lady and the Unicorn to Argol editions: at my only desire (2005).

Born in 1976, graduated from Sciences-Po Paris and Université Paris 1 (Master 1 in History of Art under the direction of Michel Poivert on history in contemporary photography).

PhD in History of Art courses (22 °; FRAMESPA): Photography in France in the 1950s and 1960s (co-dir Prof. J. Nayrolles TLSE2 and Prof. M. Poivert PARIS 1.) History and uses of IMAGES TECHNICAL: photography, stills and film, audio-visual, art history, written-oral interactions, reasoned debate, project pedagogy, artistic and cultural partnership, sensitive transmission.

Giannecchini Hélène, born in 1987, photography historian and writer.
Researcher at the National Library of France, she is interested in the relationship between photography and literature.
In 2009, Jacques Roubaud was charged with the care of the work of the photographer Alix Cléo Roubaud died in 1983.