Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography brings together the celebrated writing of Annie Ernaux with photographs from Maison Européenne de la Photographie’s collection by photographers selected by writer and curator Lou Stoppard. The book is the product of an exhibition following Stoppard’s residency on using the photography from the MEP collection for new research.

The book includes texts from Ernaux’s book Exteriors (Journal du dehors), 1993: a record of moments in trains, shops and streets around Cergy-Pontoise between 1985 and 1992. The photography in the book features work from the second half of the 20th century throughout the globe.