THE UNUSUAL PICTURES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE FIFTH REPUBLIC – Caroline PIGOZZI & Philippe GOULLIAUD

“The weight of words, the shock of photos” like many generations we grew up with this slogan, dreamed of the photographs that make the event and the memories. After all, traveling through photos is as captivating as following the news on a mobile phone! A quarter of a century ago, I started at “Paris Match”, this timeless weekly born in the immediate aftermath of the war. Always very modern, it remains a window on the world. From the first morning, in the editorial hall of the Champs-Elysees, I was impressed by the extraordinary photos that make up the DNA of this magazine where was mixed de Gaulle, Bardot, Giscard, Pompidou, Chirac, Sagan, Mitterrand , Kennedy, John Paul II, Obama, Putin, Picasso, Johnny Hallyday and now Pope Francis and Macron … Characters that became so familiar thanks to our reporters that they are now part of our lives. Thus, over the days, the shock has turned into a selection of photos and emotions. A selection to share with readers, but  was first done with Philippe Goulliaud, political journalist and connoisseur of this universe. And since two of us see pictures differently  and we complete each other, we have embarked on this common adventure each with our taste for history, our eyes, our subjectivity, our irrepressible enthusiasm and our complicity. It is to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic, that with our reflexes of lovers of the image we wanted to celebrate this important anniversary by writing together this book where the political action derives its strength from the photos.