This publication is an coproduction of the Nederlands Fotomuseum and Nederlands Filmmuseum. These institutions have joined hands in order to reveal Raymond Depardon significance as a filmmaker, director, author, photographer and maker of books in its full breadth. This publication includes several text fragments by Raymond Depardon himself, from which one can see how he enters into dialogue with himself and his work, and essays by Frits Gierstberg and Nico de Klerk, placing Depardon's multi-faceted oeuvre in broader perspectives.