Arles Goes to the Movies

Friday, July 7, 2023

Summary•  Events : Arles Goes to the Movies•  Exhibition : The Museum in our Minds•  Tribute : 

Harold Feinstein’s Treasure Island

•  Discovery : Don’t Forget Me•  Exhibition : Fragments of Disappearance

Cannes doesn’t have a monopoly on film: cinema also comes to Arles. From Agnès Varda’s contact sheets to Wim Wenders’s Polaroids, the festival is all about the movies.By Iris Mandret

The Museum in our Minds

Visiting museums across India, Philippe Calia reflects on the way museums shape our perceptions of artefacts, and on the constructs of post-colonial institutions.Photographs by Philippe Calia

As part of the Rencontres d’Arles festival, the Centre de la Photographie in Mougins spotlights the work of American photographer Harold Feinstein. The exhibition comes at the heels of an outstanding documentary on the life of the artist whose work had long remained in the shadows.By Michaël Naulin

Artist and collector Jean-Marie Donat presents a selection of photographs from Studio Rex, a photo studio in Marseille that mostly served newly arrived immigrants, at the moment when they had just left their countries behind. Photographs from the archive of Studio Rex

Photographer Soumya Sankar Bose mixes facts and fiction, working around the disappearance and recovery of his mother when she was a child.Photographs by Soumya Sankar Bose

Choosing Your Film Roll in 5 Steps

Rencontres d’Arles 2023: Get the Program!

The photography festival opens today, featuring 44 exhibitions. We present a sample of the projects showcased in this 54th iteration of the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles.

By Iris Mandret

Blind financially supports the production of visual stories and invites all photographers to submit their portfolios.Please send us your work at:[email protected]