The day began in the Arènes for the group picture, 50 people disguised as Van Gogh following Chinese photographer Wang Qingsong's instructions, followed by an Arles favorite, lunch with Marysse…
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Wang Quingsong is a 45 year old Chinese artist. In 2006, he was honored with the 'Dialogue de l'Humanité' prize for his work Vie Splendide (splendid life). Today, he is…
In 2002, with the help of the Luma Foundation, the Festival des Rencontres d’Arles created an Award to encourage artists. In 10 years, more than 50 nominators have come…
From July 4 to August 20, The Eglise Saint-Blaise will be hosting the burgeoning works of three graduating students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie (ENSP). Oscar Dumas,…
Arles, it's one square kilometer, where everyone runs into everyone!…
A wink to "Des Clics et des classes", organized within the Rencontres (a nation-wide operation devoted to sensitizing young people to photography), the workshops shown here have been selected by…
It’s the story The story of meetings Meeting men and landscapes Landscape and a photographer…
Every year for at least ten years I went hunting for a model for my photo shoot in Arles. It was during the years 1989-1998. Someone suggested a…
Morgante tells the story of individuals linked by a common denominator: to be dwarfs. “Morgante”, nicknamed the Giant from the poem by Luigi Pulci, was the most famous of…
Since 1996, the “Voies Off” Festival organizes an event aimed at promoting emergent contemporary photography during the professional week of the Rencontres d’Arles. Arles becomes, for a week, the city…