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.
Link: Gamma-Sygma: Night of the Long Knives | Le Journal de la Photographie
Link: Henri BureauThe commando operation | Le Journal de la Photographie
Link: Raymond Depardon: An Unavoidable Split | Le Journal de la Photographie
Link: Hugues Vassal “Un départ de voyous” | Le Journal de la Photographie
Link: Alain DupuisDawn of the conquerors | Le Journal de la Photographie
Link: Alain Noguès”On a tout donné” | Le Journal de la Photographie
Link: The Fall: How Corbis scrapped Sygma | Le Journal de la Photographie