Les Carnets du BAL is a series set up to work on what is at stake in the contemporary image and to take the notion of the visual document in all its variety. Each subject brings together theoretical contributions and presentations and readings of works by artists, philosophers, historians, anthropologists and critics, drawing on examples from photography, video and cinema. The fifth volume works on the persistence of images: how they survive, return and keep working long after the moment that produced them. From the seminar held at the EHESS in October 2013.