President of the Republic and his wife learned with sadness of the death of photographer Jacques Witt. Born in 1958 in Strasbourg, Witt devoted himself to the craft, working first for Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace and later joining Sipa Press in 1986. There, he witnessed history in the making: from Bobby Sands’ funeral in Belfast to Nelson Mandela’s release, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the DC-10 attack. Witt’s images reflected his character—sobriety, humanity, love of freedom and life. He helped document French political life, with portraits of François Mitterrand, the handshake with Chancellor Kohl at Douaumont, Chirac riding the metro, and Bernard Tapie’s funeral. The French people have watched time pass through his photographs, up to President Emmanuel Macron’s term. A member of the presidential press association and highly regarded by colleagues, Witt was a conduit of passion, enabling the nation to illuminate, understand, and inform itself. Through his art, he turned current events into fragments of collective memory. The President of the Republic and his wife express their sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who loved him.