The aim is to explore the subtle links woven between photography and landscape projects. It attempts to consider the role that photography plays in the management and transformation of landscapes and in the debates that may ensue. Changes to the countryside often reflect changes in society, be they economic, social or cultural. For Augustin Berque, geographer and expert on Japan, landscape expresses the relationship between a society and its environment. Yet perception of a landscape is also an eminently subjective reality, often emotionally charged: whether we think of familiar, political or even wartime landscapes. And finally, it is a living reality that continuously evolves and changes. Landscape projects are the result of foresight, of a vision that guides action so as to meet a need or a desire for transformation. We have chosen to explore certain historical moments and representative processes of this role that photography has played in the manufacture of landscapes