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,…
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At the same time as being part of the Actes Sud senior management team, Jean-Paul Capitani heads up the Beaux-Livres (coffee table books) department, which includes photography books and covers…
That the official catalogue of the Rencontres is published by Actes Sud has become a tradition, an accepted fact, over the years. It runs to over five hundred pages, always…
In parallel to the exhibition of Lartigue's work from the twenties, the brilliant and urbane "Bibi" period that takes us, under the guidance of Maryse Cordesse, from Deauville to the…
The Actes Sud tour of the Ateliers ends with a spectacular installation created for the occasion by Daido Moriyama. From his famous image of the female body girdled in fishnet…
Characteristic of new forms of documentary, this work is a reflection on how to talk about social issues without falling into the trap of using overly emotional images and losing…
A photojournalism career spanning twenty-five years bears witness to Lebanese photographer Samer Mohdad determination to show the profound changes that have taken place in the Arab world. The exhibition 'Visions…
Winner of the third Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award in 2011, Robin Hammond has now chosen to illustrate the humanitarian crisis touching Zimbabwe, today plunged deep in chaos and poverty. He…
Traditionally the HSBC Photography Foundation unveils the monographs of its two award winners for the year at Arles. The exhibitions of these monographs take place throughout the summer at the…
In front of the Chapelle du Méjan, in a tree that doesn't look as if it's in bronze (though it is), an engraved stone lintel is balanced on branches in…