A TRIBUTE TO MICHEL TOURNIER
Rencontres d’Arles co-founder Michel Tournier created and hosted a television show about photography even before he began his career as a writer in the mid‑1960s.
With support from INA.

BOOK AWARD
The Author’s Book Award, History Book Award and Photo-Text Award honour the best works on photography published between 1 June 2015 and 31 May 2016. The winners are named during the opening week by experts from the photography field. Two copies of each work are received: one is deposited in the library of the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie d’Arles, the other is exhibited at the Grande Halle throughout the festival, in a space dedicated to the book award.
Main partner: Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’Écriture et la Littérature.
With support from the Fnac for the Author’s Book Award.


VALÉRIE BELIN
STILL LIFE
French photographer Valérie Belin was announced as the winner of Disorder, the sixth cycle of the Prix Pictet, at the last November. Valérie Belin will discuss her work, exploring her fascination with artifice and the significance of appearance in her often unnerving, surreal images. She will chart the development of the work that led to her prize winning series, Still Life. She is joined in conversation by Phillip Prodger, Head of Photographs Collection at the National Portrait Gallery, London.


ANDRES SERRANO
A major artist, Andres Serrano immerses us into his provocative, often misunderstood work, which notably includes Piss Christ, one of his most controversial pieces. His photographs can be found in many public collections and have been exhibited by some of the world’s most renowned institutions.