Marc Vallée

Marc Vallée (born 1968) is a British documentary photographer who has photographed youth culture, in Paris, Berlin, and London where he lives. He has made work about the tension between public and private space in the context of graffiti, skateboarding and queer cultures. Vallée has self-published many zines and shown in group exhibitions at the Museum of London and Somerset House.

Early life and education Vallée was raised in West London.

Life and work Photojournalism In the 2000s, Vallée worked as a photojournalist at protests, mainly in London, and worked on investigations for The Guardian and the Financial Times. He was badly injured by police during a demonstration in Parliament Square in October 2006.

Documentary zines Vallée's documentary photography since 2010 has been about the tension between public and private space, in the context of youth culture in cities. The Graffiti Trucks of Paris (2017) and The Graffiti Trucks of London (2018) collect photographs of vans singled out for having been covered by graffiti in the respective cities. Down and Up in Paris (2019) shows an individual in the act of writing graffiti in various locations in the titular city at night.

He has made a few zines about queer culture. Queer (2014) "documents two years in the life of the writer Dom Lyne, at his home in Camden Town." Vallée has said that it was made as an antidote or reaction to the "homogenised gay world"; about Lyne's struggle with mental illness; and "about the importance of an alternative queer gaze". Tiergarten Transgression (2015) follows a queer anarchist exploring the gay cruising area in Berlin's Tiergarten park one afternoon. According to the British Journal of Photography, "the zine looks at landscape and space, sexuality and the act of transgression – or the act of seeking it out." When I was at Art School in the 90s (2020; in colour)

Zines set in the context of skateboarding include Anti-Skateboarding Devices (2012; in colour), photographs of anti-skate devices, a form of hostile architecture; and Documenting Dylan (2013; colour and black and white) shows the life of eighteen-year-old skateboarder Dylan Leadley-Watkins from south east London.

Millbank and that Van (Café Royal, 2014) contains photojournalistic coverage of the 2010 United Kingdom student protests in London.

Number Four (2013) contains a mix of photographs taken in 2013 from the London skateboarding, photography and zine publishing scenes, including of Long Live Southbank, Dom Lyne and Dylan Leadley-Watkins. Documenting Dylan. Self-published, 2013. Edition of 50 copies. Number Four. Self-published, 2013. Edition of 50 copies. Queer. Self-published, 2014. Edition of 50 copies. The Graffiti Trucks of Paris. Self-published, 2017. With a foreword by Oli Mould. Edition of 100 copies. The Graffiti Trucks of London. Self-published, 2018. With a foreword by Theo Kindynis. Edition of 200 copies. Down and Up in Paris. Self-published, 2019. With a foreword by Rachel Segal Hamilton. Edition of 200 copies. Number Thirteen. Self-published, 2020. With a foreword by Alexander Clay. Edition of 200 copies. When I was at Art School in the 90s. Self-published, 2020. With an essay by Jamie Atherton. Edition of 200 copies.

Publications with contributions by Vallée Long Live Southbank. London: Heni, 2014. . London Nights. London: Hoxton Mini Press. 2018. . With essays by Anna Sparham and poetry by Inua Ellams. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of London.

Group exhibitions London Nights, Museum of London, London, 2018. Included 2 prints and the Vandals and the City zine. No Comply: Skate Culture and Community, Somerset House, London, 2021