Diving into the 1990s means rediscovering a decade of transformation through historic photographs and images from the Agence France-Presse archives, captured live by its photographers.

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.

Text in English and French.