OPENING WEEK

IN THE HEART OF THE RENCONTRES
Throughout the city day and night, photographers and curators of the program meet the public at evening projections, exhibition tours, debates, lectures...
The Rencontres d’Arles stands with the Ukrainian people as they fight for their freedom. All week, the festival pays tribute to the artists and photographers whose lives are threatened by Russia’s aggression.

Agenda of all events

Agenda of all events

The opening week program day after day.

GRAND OPENING NIGHT

GRAND OPENING NIGHT

JULY 4
BANKS OF THE RHÔNE (collège Mistral, place Lamartine)

The 53rd Rencontres d’Arles opens with a big party featuring music and images from the Indian subcontinent and nearby countries. The quays of the Rhône go all out to whisk us off to the banks of the Ganges.

QUINZEQUINZE<br>TE PO HORORA’A VARUA

QUINZEQUINZE
TE PO HORORA’A VARUA

JULY 5
Théâtre Antique

- TRIBUTE TO OLIVIER ETCHEVERRY
- BOOK AWARDS
- BABETTE MANGOLTE
- THE KHARKIV SCHOOL

QUINZEQUINZE
TE PO HORORA’A VARUA
A tempestuous concert by QuinzeQuinze at the Théâtre Antique offers a unique musical experience based on the program of the 53rd Rencontres d’Arles.

ARTE, 30 YEARS

JULY 6
CROISIÈRE

ARTE, a loyal Rencontres d’Arles partner, celebrates photography from every angle on the air and on its online platform. The Franco-German channel presents two documentaries during an evening screening to mark its thirtieth anniversary.

PHOTO SLAM<br>A NEW GENERATION

PHOTO SLAM
A NEW GENERATION

JULY 7
THÉÂTRE ANTIQUE

- THE LUMA RENCONTRES DUMMY BOOK AWARD
- SALLY MANN/PRIX PICTET

PHOTO SLAM
A NEW GENERATION
To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the École Nationale Sup.rieure de la Photographie (ENSP), the Rencontres d’Arles offers an unprecedented photography show reflecting the diversity of students from the school with a performance by around ten young graduates.

THE RENCONTRES LIVE MAGAZINE

THE RENCONTRES LIVE MAGAZINE

JULY 8
THÉÂTRE ANTIQUE

- JAMES BARNOR
- PRIX DE LA PHOTO MADAME FIGARO ARLES 2022
- THE LOUIS ROEDERER DISCOVERY AWARD

THE RENCONTRES LIVE MAGAZINE
Live Magazine is a crazy idea—a unique, ephemeral show. That must be the key to its success. By inventing a living newspaper and putting photographers, journalists and artists on the stage of the Théâtre Antique, Live Magazine restores all the power of true stories.

NUIT DE L’ANNÉE

NUIT DE L’ANNÉE

JULY 9
Papeteries Étienne

Opening week’s unmissable festive event is back after a two-year hiatus. Visitors can take a visual promenade on the abandoned industrial site of the Papeteries Étienne, opened especially, to see over forty photographic proposals projected in a loop on giant screens (including one dedicated to Ukraine) or in the form of installations.
This big photography party offers favorites, cartes blanches to institutions, performances, concerts, DJ sets, food trucks, and bars.

TËNK CALLS AT ARLES

TËNK CALLS AT ARLES

JULY 5 — 8
COUR FANTON

Tënk, an online documentary platform, and the Rencontres d’Arles transform the Cour Fanton into an outdoor cinema with new films, documentaries, and rare finds.

ARLES BOOKS FAIR 2022<br>WITH FRANCE PHOTOBOOK

ARLES BOOKS FAIR 2022
WITH FRANCE PHOTOBOOK

JULY 4 — 9, 2022
COLLÈGE SAINT-CHARLES AND THE CAPITOLE

At the invitation of the Rencontres d'Arles, France PhotoBook is holding the 2022 Arles Book Fair in the heart of the festival from July 4 to 9. Devoted to the richness and variety of publishing practices, the event includes meetings with photographers and authors.
Arles Book Fair brings together over 50 publishers from more than 15 countries in one week, reflecting the diversity of photography genres and editorial approaches.

ANIMA<br>NOÉMIE GOUDAL AND MAËLLE POÉSY

ANIMA
NOÉMIE GOUDAL AND MAËLLE POÉSY

JULY 8 — 16
COLLECTION LAMBERT, FESTIVAL D’AVIGNON

Noémie Goudal and Maëlle Poésy imagine an installation-performance echoing the Phoenix exhibition at the Église des Trinitaires in Arles.

With video, music and an aerial artist who gives the audience a physical sensation of time, ANIMA recounts the invisible metamorphoses of the landscapes and places we live with.

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