Alain Desvergnes is a key figure in the recognition of photography in France, with the creation of the National School of Photography in Arles. He spent his life making this young invention understood and loved, without ever seeking to be in the spotlight, defining himself as a modest photographer and constantly insisting on his role as a conduit. An exhibition and a book of interviews are dedicated to him, to finally make the public aware of the work of this tireless defender of photography who trained a whole generation of photographers, historians, critics and institutional staff in the world of photography, on both sides of the Atlantic, in France and Canada...