Edition 2017

Éric Julien

Born 1960, Asnières, France. Lives in the Haut-Diois, Drôme, France.
Éric Julien was stricken by a pulmonary edema while climbing in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains. Kogi Indians saved him. As a token of gratitude, he set up an organization called Tchendukua-Ici et Ailleurs, devoting his life to raising money to help them buy back their ancestral lands, preserve their culture and regenerate the primary forest. In 2006, in the Drôme, he started the Practical School of Nature and Knowledge, a learning laboratory largely based on Kogi culture. A business consultant, he advocates a third way to create new alliances with life.
  • Institutional partners

    • République Française
    • Région Provence Alpes Côté d'Azur
    • Département des Bouches du Rhône
    • Arles
    • Le Centre des monuments nationaux est heureux de soutenir les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles en accueillant des expositions dans l’abbaye de Montmajour
  • Main partners

    • Fondation LUMA
    • BMW
    • SNCF
    • Kering
  • Media partners

    • Arte
    • Lci
    • Konbini
    • Le Point
    • Madame Figaro
    • France Culture