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The 55th Edition of the Rencontres d'Arles
The world's most important photography festival kicked off this week in Arles, in the south of France.
JONAS CUENIN
July 05, 2024
Friday July 5, 2024
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• Festival : Documentary Focus at Les Rencontres d’Arles
• Festival : Marginal Images
• Festival : In Arles, a Focus on Japanese Photography
• Festival : Olympic Shots
• Festival : Rajesh Vora: Eyes on the Roof
• Archives : Facing Paz Errázuriz
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The 55th edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles shines a spotlight on documentary photography, spanning from classic twentieth-century techniques to the most experimental contemporary approaches that offer a new perspective on the world. These diverse projects challenge the status of photography and examine our relationship with images.
By Sophie Bernard
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How can photography capture the “outside,” the “alongside”? Several exhibitions at this year’s Rencontres d’Arles explore the concept of the margins: the fringes of society, the perspective chosen by the artist, and the boundaries of the image itself. Here, we focus on four approaches that are as disconcerting as they are captivating.
By Copélia Mainardi
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Japan takes center stage at the 55th Rencontres d’Arles. Five exhibitions celebrate the country’s photographic art, in particular by women, bringing to light underrecognized yet seminal works.
By Copélia Mainardi
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One of Arles festival’s exhibitions this year is entirely dedicated to sports photography, drawing from the vast archives of the Olympic Museum and Photo Elysée, and presenting for the first time a vast unpublished heritage.
Photographs from the archives of the Olympic Museum and Photo Elysée
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The playful, enigmatic architecture of private houses in rural Punjab caught photographer Rajesh Vora's attention, and is now on view at Les Rencontres de la Photographie festival in Arles.
Photographs by Rajesh Vora
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Facing Paz Errázuriz
A tribute to a committed Chilean woman and her daily struggle to shed light on those society has left behind.
By Brigitte Ollier
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For the past five years, Blind has been a trusted source for the latest in photographic journalism, delivering exclusive series and stories from talented photographers and writers.
By Jonas Cuénin
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