The 44th Rencontres began with a Monday evening screening at the Théâtre Antique of a short from Patrick Zachmann on Sergio Larrain. Filmed in Chile in 1999, the film, although…
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The Rencontres d’Arles ended on a misunderstanding. A picture of Viviane Sassen. Vertical image. Two bodies are hiding themselves between the leaves of a three. A bag is standing on…
One week isn't much to take in the whole festival programme… especially as the town is full of little exhibition spaces that are part of the Arles fringe, the Voies…
Dirk Bakker first turned up at the Rencontres d’Arles with his cardboard boxes of rare, out of print and/or art photography books over twenty years ago. At the start, in…
Our coverage of Arles this week would not be complete without mentioning the Rencontres fringe, the Voies Off. During the opening week and throughout the summer, fifty or so photographic…
Publishing house, Actes Sud, and its cultural arm the Méjan Association, are two of the major partners of the Rencontres d'Arles 2013 festival. This year has been particularly prolific (books,…
I have supported the Rencontres d’Arles for more than ten years, both out of a love of the town of Arles and the Camargue, where I grew up, and a…
Around fifteen years ago, I wanted Olympus to get involved in artistic photography in a more creative, cultural way. Our thinking originated in the simple realisation that photography doesn't exist…
After five years of commitment to the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie at Arles, Olympus has strengthened the partnership with a new project. Three students from the school have…
BMW has supported contemporary art for forty years, photography for the last ten years and the Rencontres d’Arles for four. Supporting such a well known photography festival is an important…