It was an evening in May forty years ago, 1973. Disgruntled photographers from the Gamma agency decided to haul away their archives to open a new agency, Sygma. From the schism and the competition that ensued (complicated by a third agency, Sipa), the Golden Age of French Photojournalism was born, along with the global supremacy of French photo agencies.

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Link: Gamma-Sygma: Night of the Long Knives | Le Journal de la Photographie](http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/entries/11273/gamma-sygma-night-of-the-long-knives)

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Link: Henri BureauThe commando operation | Le Journal de la Photographie](http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/entries/11274/henri-bureau-the-commando-operation)

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Link: Raymond Depardon: An Unavoidable Split | Le Journal de la Photographie](http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/entries/11353/raymond-depardon-an-unavoidable-split)

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Link: Hugues Vassal “Un départ de voyous” | Le Journal de la Photographie](http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/entries/11276/hugues-vassal-un-depart-de-voyous)

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Link: Alain DupuisDawn of the conquerors | Le Journal de la Photographie](http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/entries/11275/alain-dupuis-dawn-of-the-conquerors)

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Link: Alain Noguès"On a tout donné" | Le Journal de la Photographie](http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/entries/11294/alain-nogues-on-a-tout-donne)

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Link: The Fall: How Corbis scrapped Sygma | Le Journal de la Photographie](http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/entries/11271/the-fall-how-corbis-scrapped-sygma)