With great irony and disarming honesty, À la recherche du père is a photographic investigation into the role of the father and his representations, in a historical moment in which family constellations are profoundly transforming. Visual artist Camille Lévêque attempts to capture the essence of the father figure and its symbolism: present or absent, idealized and respected as well as rejected, embodiment of authority and protection as much as oppression. Who are these fathers today? Camille Lévêque expertly weaves together images and texts to deconstruct the patriarchal system of which the father as a socio-cultural entity is the bearer, through an ironic and sharp feminist lens. The book is configured as a heterogeneous visual journey that passes through personal archives, montages, advertising images, family albums found at flea markets, collected objects, re-appropriated images, videos, autobiographical narratives and interviews. À la recherche du père presents itself as a true "bible" on the topic, an essential volume for anyone interested in unconventional and radical social criticism.