French Photographers
For a Philosophy of Photography is undoubtedly Flusser’s best-known book in France. For his research, Marc Lenot had met many experimental photographers in the Flusserian sense of the term, and found out that, while a few were already familiar with this book, many discovered Flusser’s thinking only in the course of the ensuing discussions. Therefore, he asked about fifteen photographers from the French scene who he considers experimental to say in a few words how Flusser had been important to them. Eight responded, usually the youngest. Juliana Borinski was especially sensitive to her dimension as a cosmopolitan migrant. Driss Aroussi, Isabelle Le Minh and Lionel Bayol-Thémines had known Flusser for a long time, and were often inspired by him. Mustapha Azeroual and Laure Tiberghien discovered an echo of their work in his writings. Jean-Baptiste Perrot recounts the revelation that the discovery of his thoughts was for him. Finally, Denis Bernard, starting out from a picture of Flusser himself, focuses on the gesture of the photographer and questions the epistemological status of the image. Each of them chose an example of their work to accompany the written statement.