Christophe Agou

Agou was born in Montbrison, France in 1969. From the early 1990s, Agou made documentary-style photographs in both black and white and color which take an allusive approach to the human condition. He also made short films and sculpture. In 1992, he moved to New York City. and publication in six editions and in six languages. He became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2005. Agou died in September 2015 of cancer. ==Publications==

Publications by Agou • Life Below: The New York City Subway. New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2004. . • Face au Silence. Text by John Berger. • Face au Silence. Arles: Actes Sud, 2010. . • In the Face of Silence. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. . • Aπέναντι Στη Σιωπή. Apeiron Photos, 2011. . • Ante el Silencio. Barcelona: Lunwerg Editores, 2011. . • Gesichter der Stille. Berlin: Edition Braus, 2011. . • Di Fronte al Silenzio. Rome: Peliti Associati, 2011. . • Les Faits Secondaires. Christophe Agou, 2013. . Texts by Agou and John Berger. Poems by . Edition of 700 copies. Publications with contributions by Agou • 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin Publishing, 2010. . Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Nick Turpin; and a chapter each by Agou, Nick Turpin, David Gibson, Richard Bram, Matt Stuart, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Jesse Marlow, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Otto Snoek, Blake Andrews, David Solomons, George Kelly and Paul Russell. • ''Photographers' Sketchbooks.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. . Edited by Stephen McLaren and Bryan Formhals. • 100 Great Street Photographs. Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2017. By David Gibson. . Contains a commentary on and a photograph by Agou. ==Films==

Films by Agou • Face au Silence = In the Face of Silence (2011) Films with Agou • In-Sight (2011) – 38-minute documentary directed and edited by Nick Turpin, commissioned by Format for the Format International Photography Festival, Derby, 2011. Includes interviews with Agou, Richard Bram, Melanie Einzig, David Gibson, Jesse Marlow, Gus Powell, Otto Snoek, David Solomons, and Nick Turpin, and shows them at work. == Exhibitions ==

Solo exhibitions • Face au silence, Rencontres d'Arles Festival, Arles, France. November 2011 – January 2012. • Face au silence, Fait & Cause Galerie, Paris, France. November 2011 – January 2012. • Face au silence, (MARQ), Clermont-Ferrand, France. 26 January – 29 April 2012. • Face au silence, Galerie Intervalle, Paris, France. September–October 2014. Group exhibitions • in-public @ 10, Photofusion, Brixton, London, May–July 2010. Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 12–23 July 2011, where it also included the film In-Sight (2011) and The French exhibition by Nick Turpin. Included photographs by In-Public members. • Street Photography Now, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, October–November 2010. Photographs from the book Street Photography Now (2011). • 2015: The Sharp Eye. In-Public in Mexico, Foto Mexico, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, Mexico, October–November 2015. Slideshow of photographs. ==Awards==

• 1999: Attention Talent Photo Award Fnac • 2000: Project Competition, Santa Fe Prize for Photography • 2002: Honorable Mention, Magazine Picture of the Year • 2002: AI-AP (American Illustration - American Photography), American Photography Award • 2006: Finalist, W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography • 2012: CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée). Commission for Sans Adieu. • 2013: CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée) == Collections ==

Agou's work is held in the following public collections: • La Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris • (MARQ), Clermont-Ferrand, France • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX • Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY • Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. • The Akron Art Museum Akron, OH • Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, FL • New York Public Library, New York • Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY • New-York Historical Society, New York • Fonds national d'art contemporain (FNAC), Paris • The Joy of Giving Something, New York, NY ==Notes==