For the first edition of the Photo Slam!, which will take place in Arles at the Théâtre Antique on July 8, Antwaun Sargent and the team of the Rencontres d'Arles have selected the following emerging photographers among 500 submissions received:

Àsìkò (Nigeria)
Cristobal Ascencio (Mexico)
Romain Bagnard (France)
Morgane Delfosse (France)
Justine Gabriel (France)
Elisabeth Gomes-Barradas (France)
Phumzile Khanyile (South Africa) 
Daniel Mebarek (Bolivia)
Lucas Pagès (France)
River Claure (Bolivia)