WATCH THE RENCONTRES D’ARLES EVENINGS AT THE ROMAN THEATER
During the festival’s opening week, work by a photographer or photography specialists is presented under the open sky at the Roman theater accompanied by concerts or performances. 
Every evening at nightfall, 2,500 people watch a unique creation in the exceptional setting of a first-century BCE Roman theater equipped with a 16mx10m screen.

ATELIERS PRATIQUES À PARTIR DE 5 ANS
Que diriez-vous d’échanger en famille autour de la photographie ?

Les Rencontres d’Arles proposent gratuitement sur leur plateforme pédagogique Observer-Voir différents ateliers, à partir de 5 ans.

Ces ateliers invitent à se glisser dans la peau d'un photographe, à inventer des histoires, à déployer son imaginaire ou encore à suivre les 1 000 vies d'une photographie.

29 JUIN — 20 SEPTEMBRE
C’est à une édition de résistance que nous vous convions. Car il existe aussi une photographie qui résiste, une photographie qui se dresse, qui s’oppose, qui dénonce, qui (se) libère. Une photographie qui (se) re-joue, qui ré-invente, qui ré-enchante.

The Rencontres d'Arles has launched a selection and recruitment process for its new director. The call is as open as possible. The recruitment process will take place in two stages: a pre-selection and an interview. As stipulated in the association’s statutes, the president of the Rencontres d'Arles will appoint the new director after consultation with the members of the Board of Directors. The announcement is attached and on the Rencontres website. Candidates have one month to apply and propose an artistic project. The aim is to have an appointment by the summer so that the new director can take up his or her duties as soon as possible.

The Rencontres d’Arles, an annual photography festival, was founded in 1970 by Arlesian photographer Lucien Clergue, writer Michel Tournier and historian Jean-Maurice Rouquette. At the time, photography was still regarded as a “minor” art and had not come of age. The festival played an important role in enabling it to gain recognition from institutions. Starting out as a series of encounters between photography enthusiasts, over the years it gained importance and popularity.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
The collection is the outcome of many years of close collaboration and mutual trust between the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie and the photographers exhibited.

A pedagogical platform
Several hands-on workshops combine writing, the visual arts, photography, improvisation, reading, etc.

The Rencontres d’Arles will celebrate its 50th anniversary in July 2019. To mark the occasion, the festival is asking the visitors, participants and witnesses of those 50 years of photography to share their memories and archives. Photographs, videos, sound recordings, digitalized documents (newspapers, posters, letters, etc.) and testimonies can be uploaded to a participatory platform.