Édition 2021

SUMMER OF FIREFLIES

July 4 — September 26

Should we invent a new rite of passage for this very peculiar time? Retouch this blank year in technicolor? The urgency of the present calls for commitment above all—a commitment on the part of the Rencontres d’Arles to the photographers, artists, curators, partners and institutions with which the festival has forged such strong ties for so many years.[...] Arles in midsummer will be like a constellation of fireflies, made up of a thousand lights illuminating the diversity of regards, polyphony of stories, and symbolizing the survival of hope and consciousness-raising by means of the image
DIRECTOR
CHRISTOPH WIESNER

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

AURÉLIE DE LANLAY


PRESIDENT

HUBERT VÉDRINE


RENCONTRES D’ARLES AWARDS

LOUIS ROEDERER DISCOVERY AWARD
JURY AWARD: Master Rituals II: Weston's nudesTarrah Krajnak
PUBLIC AWARD: Wadi Qelt, in the stony light, Ilanit Illouz

BOOK AWARDS
AUTHOR’S BOOK AWARD: The Idiots Delight by Duane Michals,
Mention to A Mycological Foray by John Cage, texts by Kingston Trinder and John Cage.
HISTORICAL BOOK AWARD: To Make Their Own Way in the World, The Enduring Legacy of the Zealy Daguerreotypes, texts and photographies by Collectif.
PHOTO–TEXT BOOK AWARD: Freedom Is Not Free by Mashid Mohadjerin,
Mention to Whatever You Say, Say Nothing by Gilles Peress.

LUMA RENCONTRES ARLES DUMMY BOOK AWARD
Sokohi by Moe Suzuki.

WOMEN IN MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Liz Johnson Arthur

MADAME FIGARO ARLES PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Eythar Gubara for her series Kandaka can’t be stopped presented in the exhibition THAWRA ! ثورة RÉVOLUTION !
Édition 2021
  • 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