After completing a doctorate in philosophy and aesthetics, Agnès Sire worked at the Alexandre Iolas gallery in Paris before joining the team at Magnum Photos as artistic director. Co-author of several collective books at Magnum, she has also curated many exhibitions. She lectured at the Université Paris-I Sorbonne for two years. In 2004, she became director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson where she is also in charge of exhibitions and catalogue publication, including Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Scrapbook and Harry Callahan’s Variations. She was also involved in the publication of Sergio Larrain’s Valparaíso and Londres (London) and was associate curator of the exhibition held at IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Centre Julio Gonzalez) in Valencia.