Daft Punk - in pictures

Daft Punk have announced the release of their fourth album, Random Access Memories
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer Magazine

The long-awaited album, the French duo's first with Columbia Records, is due out on 20 May in the UK
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer Magazine

"We booked the venue because of the stunning view of the Eiffel Tower. It looked lovely when I did the recce the previous evening – illuminated in the golden light of sunset. On the day of the shoot there was thick mist and we could have been in Skegness. We could hardly see anything" – Murdo MacLeod
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer Magazine

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer Magazine

Thomas Bangalter Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer Magazine

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo photographed at Electric (an alternative music and culture venue) in Paris, France on 21 March, 2013
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer Magazine

"The robots are part of the fiction and it's not really interesting to see what's behind it" – Thomas Bangalter
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

Daft Punk take a shine to Paris Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer