DISCOVERY AWARD 2009
The Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award goes to a photographer, or an artist making use of photography, whose work has been recently discovered internationally or deserves to be. The winner is chosen by a vote of photography professionals present in Arles during opening week and receives 25,000 euros. For this celebration of 40 years of the Rencontres d’Arles, fifteen nominators, art directors from past festivals and two current lecturers from the National School of Photography in Arles, have each designated one artist to be exhibited at the Rencontres d’Arles and to compete for the Discovery Award.
The 2009 Discovery Award nominators are Lucien Clergue, Bernard Perrine, Alain Desvergnes, Claude Hudelot, Agnès de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Louis Mesplé, Bernard Millet, Michel Nuridsany, Joan Fontcuberta, Christian Caujolle, Giovanna Calvenzi, Martin Parr, Christian Lacroix, Arnaud Claass and Christian Milovanoff.
Exhibitions presented with the backing of LUMA Foundation
The 2009 Discovery Award nominators are Lucien Clergue, Bernard Perrine, Alain Desvergnes, Claude Hudelot, Agnès de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Louis Mesplé, Bernard Millet, Michel Nuridsany, Joan Fontcuberta, Christian Caujolle, Giovanna Calvenzi, Martin Parr, Christian Lacroix, Arnaud Claass and Christian Milovanoff.
Exhibitions presented with the backing of LUMA Foundation