Facade of photographic art center Popular Pavilion (Pavillon Populaire). The creation in 1984 of the Municipal Gallery of Photography, culminating in the appearance of the Biennial "Montpellier Photo-Visions" in 1991, generated the need for a space for photography in the "People's Hall." This is a space that can accommodate major exhibitions, a large image archive and library. With these features are aimed at goals by contemporary research and private collections, especially international, the spread of photography in all its forms and techniques, finding new partners for the creation of projects and finally the establishment of contacts between authors of national and international level in relation to the cultural politics of the town of Montpellier and the Languedoc-Roussillon region.