2026 Edition: Francophone Conference on Research in the History of Photography

The 4th edition of these events, with the theme The Expanded Field of Photography. Toward a Plurality of Subjects, Approaches, and Practices, is being offered as part of the celebration of the The Bicentennial of Photography .

This session will provide an opportunity to take stock of the historiography on this subject since the previous conference held at the Musée d’Orsay in 2005 Photography: The New Challenges Facing History , this time including new issues such as an interest in the materiality of images, a connection to “media archaeology,” a broader geographical scope fostering critical reflection on colonial history, and the emergence of situated, feminist, decolonial, and queer .

It has been designated a “Bicentennial of Photography” event by the Ministry of Culture and is designed to complement and engage in dialogue with the symposium Right Before Our Eyes: Two Centuries of Photographic Archives   which will take place at the Mucem in Marseille from March 24 to 26, 2027.