Alain Desvergnes, a key player in photography in France, died on Sunday, July 12. He was a photographer, former director of the Rencontres d'Arles and founder and first head of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie. Deeply moved, the Board of Directors and the festival team pay tribute to him.

Photo: Arles, 1980, Alain Desvergnes and Michel Tournier. By Jean-Marc ZAORSKI.