Person Philippe Séclier

Philippe Séclier is a photographer and film director. His publishing credits include Hôtel Puerto and La longue route de sable, based on a text by Pier Paolo Pasolini. He has directed two documentary films, Instants d’année and Un voyage américain, about Robert Frank’s book, The Americans.

Philippe Séclier is a journalist. He has edited two photographic books, Hôtel Puerto and La Longue Route de Sable on a text by Pier Paolo Pasolini, which won the Thomas Cook prize. From 1999 to 2002, he worked on the Chilean photographer Sergio Larrain for an upcoming book and exhibition. In 2004, using archival images, he made a 52-minute documentary about Marc Riboud, called Instants d’année (2004). That film was acquired by the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP). In 2006 he collaborated with Magnum on Magnum, 60 ans, a book celebrating their 60th anniversary. Since spring 2007, Philippe has been working with photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon on various projects.