A former journalist, for several years Philippe Séclier has been working with Raymond Depardon. He has published, for a few, the photographic works Hôtel Puerto (2001) and La longue route de sable (2005); and directed two documentary films, one on Marc Riboud, Instants d'année (2004), and another on Robert Frank’s book Les Américains (2009). With the editor Xavier Barral, he co-curated the exhibition Autophoto, at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (Paris) in 2017.