Pierre Boulle (1912–1994)□ – engineer, traveler, spy, one of the greatest prose writers in France, who created the legendary “Bridge on the River Kwai”, winner of the highest literary awards, writer, forever recognized as a classic of science fiction! During the period of active work writer (mid-60s), a thriller novel “The Photographer” was published, dedicated to issues of professional morality. “A photographer is an artist. And an artist must be able to be inhuman.” The main character of the novel follows this covenant. A famous reporter-photographer, seriously wounded in the leg in the Algerian War, is forced to give up the most exciting aspect of his profession - the hunt for rare footage. At first he plunges into melancholy, but then fate gives him the chance to take the best shot of his life.