I think that my first memory of the Rencontres is around the mid 1980’s. I was shocked to see projections in the Place du Forum when there were some…
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For me it’s the best restaurant in Arles. But I’m terrible, it’s been 10 years since I went anywhere else. – Jean-Jacques Naudet “One […]…
His name: Damien Monteux. Ten years ago, he created Taco and co, a rickshaw company that eliminated the nightmare of Arles taxis for festival-goers. […]…
As the publisher of Collectors Photography magazine in the mid-eighties, I decided to head to Arles and see about finding new photography to publish […]…
In 2009, for the 40th anniversary of the Rencontres d'Arles, an exhibition organized by Catherine Philippot, Jean-Jacques Naudet, Christian Caujolle and Francoise Riss has gathered some of its most memorable…
To celebrate this anniversary, Sam Stourdzé has asked Françoise de Noyelle to produce a book by Éditions de la Martinière. It tells the story […]…
His name: Denis Barrau. He was engaged as a volunteer assistant by Lucien Clergue in 1974 at the Rencontres d’Arles. At that time, he and his friend Philippe Dumoulin took…
In 2009-10, I presented a George Rodger exhibition in London. I wanted to make it something truly special and different from the other exhibitions […]…
I had sent to the Rencontres d'Arles a slideshow of my pictures created by the Pompidou Centre, and which had already been screened there. I had recently become editor-in-chief of…
At twenty, the years are our only baggage Experience comes from the parents We take nothing seriously We always run after happiness Love is […]…