Christophe Agou. Born in 1969 in a small village in the Massif Central area of France. In 1992 he moved to New York where he developed a love for the city and photography. He first came to prominence with his compelling body of work made in the New York subway &ndash published as Life Below in 2004. (Quantuck Lane/WW Norton & Company)
He was a finalist for the prestigious Eugene Smith Award (2006), for Le Prix de la Photographie de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Paris (2008) and received a ‘Mention Spéciale’ for le Prix Kodak de la Critique Photographique (2009).
His photographs have been widely published and exhibited including shows at MOMA, New York; Jeu de Paume, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts in Houston; Les Rencontres D'Arles, France and Noorderlicht Fotofestival, The Netherlands.
His work is held in the following collections:
Neuberger Museum of Art, USA
Joy of Giving Something Inc., USA
The National Museum of American History, USA
The New York Historical Society, USA
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA
The Akron Arts Museum, USA
The New York Public Library, USA
The Fnac Photograohy Collection, France
John Berger. John Berger, art critic, novelist, painter and author, was the 1972 winner of the Booker Prize with his novel G. His book on art criticism Ways of Seeing is recognised as one of the seminal texts on the subject.
