Add to ORKGInternational audienceIconic or linguistic representations of catastrophes are multiplying nowadays. They present themselves as emblematic figures of an obsession with collapse and refer to the feeling of increased vulnerability of the planet. The causes of the disasters depicted may be partly "natural" and partly "artificial", since it is difficult today to make a clear distinction between these categories. It will be more a question here of analyzing the way in which photographers represent the consequences of these disasters: by "naturalizing" them or by inscribing them in a story.Les représentations iconiques ou langagières de catastrophes se multiplient de nos jours. Elles se présentent comme les figures emblématiques d'une hantise de ...