Founded by Fany Dupêchez, Pascal Michaut and Karim Boulhaya, the Festival features portraits of all kinds, from the documentary tradition to the fictional, from the intimate to more conceptual schemes, offering a journey through portrait photography in all its forms and traditions.
Portrait(s) supports contemporary creative work and each year invites a photographer to take part in a residence in Vichy.
Since 2013, the festival has enabled the public to discover or rediscover the work of some fifty famous and emerging photographers, thereby helping them to see the art of the portrait in many different ways.
Martin Schoeller, Charles Fréger, Frédéric Stucin, Claudine Doury, Rima Samman, Ed Alcock, Paolo Verzone, Chris Steele-Perkins, Galerie Les Douches (Arlene Gottfried, Bruce Wrighton, Paul Pouvreau, Sébastien Camboulive, Alexis Cordesse), Bastiaan Woudt, Benni Valsson, Turkina Faso, Tish Murtha, Michal Chelbin, Olivier Culmann, Ambroise Tézenas, Philippe Halsman, Justine Tjallinks, Denis Dailleux, Mattia Zoppellaro, Nelli Palomäki, Gilles Coulon, Thomas Sauvin, Karma Milopp, Mark Seliger, Liu Bolin, Sandra Rocha, Pierre Gonnord, Claudia Imbert, Catherine Balet, Christer Strömholm, Stephen Shames, agence Modds, Bernard Chevalier, Jérôme Bonnet, Sylvie Meunier, Sarah Moon, Denis Rouvre, Dorothée Smith, Vanessa Winship, Pascal Aimar, Jeanloup Sieff, Jim Naughten, Bruce Gilden, Vee Speers, Martina Bacigalupo, Claudia Huidobro, Michael Wolf, Yusuf Sevinçli, Cédric Delsaux, Ludovic Combe, Bruce Wrighton, Richard Pak, Kourtney Roy, Mat Jacob, Alejandro Cartagena, Irina Ionesco, Rachel Rom, Elliott Erwitt, Ronan Guillou, Jean Depara, Paola de Pietri, Nicolas Comment, Hellen van Meene, Nicola Lo Calzo, Maï Lucas, Ruud van Empel, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Jean-Marie Périer, Anton Renborg, Julia Gat...