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Hervé Rabot’s Photography Against the Grain

other · 2026-04-24

In a time of crisis, photography has not returned to realist reportage. When Hervé Rabot joined the Viva agency in 1982, he believed that investigations into everyday life provided ample material for a photographer to express their relationship with society.

Key facts

  • Hervé Rabot joined Agence Viva in 1982.
  • The article discusses photography during a period of crisis.
  • Photography has not reverted to realist reportage.
  • Rabot viewed daily life investigations as a means to express societal relations.

Entities

Artists

  • Hervé Rabot

Institutions

  • Agence Viva

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