[2] A self-taught photographer, Agou grew up in a small town in the Forez region, on the eastern side of the Massif Central.
[3] From the early 1990s, Agou made documentary-style photographs in both black and white and color which take an allusive approach to the human condition.
[2][3] He began taking photographs in the streets that evoked a sense of longing and isolation.
[3] He traveled to the lesser-known parts of the region and got to know a community of family farmers whose identities are deeply rooted to the land.
The work won him the 2010 European Publishers Award for Photography,[4] and publication in six editions and in six languages.