Jean-Pierre Krief

From the "Contacts" series

Sophie Calle often defines herself as a "narrative" artist. Her photographs are items of evidence through which she tells stories that are both ordinary and disturbing, using her own life and experiences as the raw material for reconstructions that hover somewhere between truth and fiction. The Contacts collection is an invitation to discover the artistic approach of the greatest contemporary photographers from an original angle. Through a series of images (contact sheets, proofs, prints and slides), with a commentary by the photographer, the viewer enters the secret world of their creation and is guided into the heart of the photographic creative process.

In these previously unaired images, we discover US military operations from the inside, but also - and more importantly - scenes of splendor of a dictatorship caught up in lies and unprepared for war. Iraqi soldiers, civilians, future insurgents, and journalists retrace the critical year of the invasion, along with members of the US military and reporters who were present during the intervention.