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Louis Roederer Discovery Award 2021
call for applications 10/10 — 10/12/2020

Since its creation, the Rencontres d’Arles has promoted photography and all its stakeholders: photographers, artists, curators, publishers, etc.
In that spirit, the Rencontres d’Arles has associated the Louis Roederer Discovery Award with galleries and opened it up to all exhibition venues.

With support from the Louis Roederer Foundation and Polka.

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SHORTLIST OF THE RENCONTRES D’ARLES
BOOK AWARDS 2020

AUTHOR BOOK AWARD / HISTORICAL BOOK AWARD / PHOTO TEXT BOOK AWARD
Discover the list of books shortlisted for the 2020 Book awards
Each of these €6,000-prizes is intended for the best photography books published between June 1, 2019 and May 31, 2020.
A jury of photobook experts will name the Book Awards winners mid November 2020.

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CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
01/10 — 05/12/2020

The Rencontres d’Arles is having a €20,000 Curatorial research fellowship open to all the exhibition curators.
With support from Jean-François Dubos.

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CURATORIAL RESEARCH GRANT AFRICA PROJECTS
the winners

The Rencontres d’Arles and the Institut français have awarded the second Africa projects curatorial research grant to UNTITLED DUO (Soukaina Aboulaoula & Yvon Langué, Morocco and Cameroon) for IF A TREE FALLS IN A FOREST.
This year, the THROUGH THE LENS COLLECTIVE (Michelle Harris & Michelle Loukidis, South Africa) receives special mention for its Postcard Africa project.

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Exhibitions, workshops, events

EN QUÊTE

September 10 — November 15
Institut pour la photographie, Lille
The Institut pour la photographie presents EN QUÊTE : ten new exhibitions reveal how photography contributes to developing a different view of current events, history or a territory.

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Charles Fréger, Schanappviecher, Tramin, Italie de la série Wilder Mann
Arles, 50 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

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.

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The Rencontres d'Arles
Collection

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.

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Observer-Voir

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

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COLLECTION DRIVE & ALBUM
50 EDITIONS OF THE RENCONTRES D'ARLES

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.

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News

AWARD

Louis Roederer Discovery Award 2021
call for applications 15/10 — 10/12/2020

The Rencontres d’Arles has associated the Louis Roederer Discovery Award with galleries and opened it up to all exhibition venues.

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AWARD

SHORTLIST OF THE RENCONTRES D’ARLES
BOOK AWARDS 2020

AUTHOR BOOK AWARD / HISTORICAL BOOK AWARD / PHOTO TEXT BOOK AWARD
Discover the list of books shortlisted for the 2020 Book awards
Each of these €6,000-prizes is intended for the best photography books published between June 1, 2019 and May 31, 2020.

MoreMore

AWARD

CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
01/10 — 05/12/2020

The Rencontres d’Arles is having a €20,000 curatorial research fellowship open to all the exhibition curators.

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2020 AWARDS & PROJECTS MAINTAINED

Following the cancellation of the 51st Rencontres d'Arles, our partners, in solidarity with the artists and the festival, have stepped up so that projects and the 2020 awards can go on as scheduled.

AUGUST 28 AND 29, TWO EXCEPTIONAL RENCONTRES D’ARLES EVENINGS TO PROLONG THE JOURNÉES D’AGIR POUR LE VIVANT

ARLES, FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 9PM, THÉÂTRE ANTIQUE
EDGAR MORIN
GREAT WITNESS
CYRIL DION
AN ECOLOGICAL IMAGE? THE BATTLE OF NARRATIVES

ARLES, SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 9PM, THÉÂTRE ANTIQUE
THE RENCONTRES LIVE MAGAZINE

SOLD OUT!
The evenings will also be broadcast live on the festival’s website and social media.

ÉRIC BOUVET & YAN MORVAN

HEXAGON
AT THE PARIS-GARE DE LYON AND AVIGNON-TGV TRAIN STATIONS
JUNE 25 — SEPTEMBER 1
Being French? Éric Bouvet and Yan Morvan went out in search of men and women and asked them that question. For over two years, from the May 2017 presidential campaign to the COVID-19 epidemic, they made a portrait of France on the move.

BMW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
LEWIS BUSH

WAYS OF SEEING ALGORITHMICALLY, JOHN BERGER RELOADED
The ninth BMW artist-in-residence, Lewis Bush, will be celebrated with a reflection on contemporary images and artificial intelligence in dialogue with the thought of John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing, which became a BBC documentary in the 1970s.

BMW, a major partner of the Rencontres d'Arles for 11 years, supports contemporary photography.

EXHIBITION OF RENCONTRES D’ARLES AWARDS IN PARIS

Lewis Bush's project and the four awards created by the Rencontres d'Arles and their partners, traditionally presented at the Théâtre Antique during opening week, will be exceptionally shown and awarded at the headquarters of Kering, a key the Rencontres d'Arles, in the chapel of the former Laennec hospital, 40 rue de Sèvres in Paris, from November 11 to 15.

WOMEN IN MOTION AWARD | KERING AT THE RENCONTRES D’ARLES
LOUIS ROEDERER DISCOVERY AWARD 2020
BOOK AWARDS 2020
LUMA RENCONTRES DUMMY BOOK AWARD ARLES 2020

Arles, 50 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

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.

Presentation of the festival

The Rencontres d'Arles is a summer photography festival founded in 1970, which has learned a world-wide reputation as a springboard for photographic and contemporary creative talents. The exhibitions are given on various heritage sites, suitably stage-designed for the purpose.

THE FESTIVAL IN A FEW DATES

Past editions

The Rencontres d’Arles, which has been holding some forty photo exhibitions around town every summer for nearly fifty years now, has established itself as an observatory of current creation and photographic practice.

historical data

1970 — 2018

- The photographers and artists present at the Rencontres d'Arles.
- Artistic directors and curators, historians and schools, collectors and collections, institutions, agencies, galleries, foundations, publishers, magazines and journals, authors and musicians.
- Festival Awards and prizes awarded during the festival.
- Artistic and administrative directors, presidents of the Rencontres, mayors of Arles and directors of the ENP / ENSP.

Resources

The Rencontres d’Arles offers digital platforms that extend the festival experience.

THE RENCONTRES D'ARLES: A FRENCH STORY

Participate

How to take part in the festival program?

Louis Roederer Discovery Award 2021
call for applications
10/10 — 10/12/2020

The Rencontres d’Arles has associated the Louis Roederer Discovery Award with galleries and opened it up to all exhibition venues.
Ten of the submitted exhibition projects will be shortlisted and mounted at the next edition of the Rencontres d’Arles.

With support from the Louis Roederer Foundation and Polka.

CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
01/10 — 05/12/2020

The Rencontres d’Arles is having a €20,000 Curatorial research fellowship open to all the exhibition curators.

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS

Summer workshops 2020 - CANCELED

July-August

CANCELED

A dense workshop program will take place al summer long, from 29 June to 14 August 2020. Full program will be announced soon

Weekend workshops

Year round

Professional photographers share their experience, tips and personalized advice with participants to help them improve their technical or aesthetic skills.

The Rencontres d'Arles Collection

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.