Newsletter | Blind's week: Lucia Bartl, The Rencontres d'Arles cancelled, Gilbert Garcin

See, read and understand the language of photographersThis week, Blind looks back at the consequences of confinement, which, while not depriving us of our favourite dates, can prove to be a source of creation.

Lucia Bartl: Keeping distance

In her series The Distance Projekt, the photographer Lucia Bartl addresses the impact of the lockdown on the lives of her loved ones. Her tender images are taken at a certain distance from the subject, as prescribed.

The Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles is cancelled

France’s annual festival and the world’s largest photography event announces its cancellation in response to the health crisis which has also impacted other summer events, including the Festival d’Avignon.

"It will live for centuries to come": Gilbert Garcin's poetic universe as been seen by one of his printers

A native of La Ciotat, the photographer Gilbert Garcin passed away last Saturday, April 18, at the age of 90. He left behind a formidable body of philosophical, surrealist work. Guillaume Geneste, one of his printers, talks to us about this “grandfather of photography” who captured audiences in France and abroad.

During this trying time, Blind wishes to support photographic creation and invites photographers to submit series created while self-isolating.

Send them to us at the following address: [email protected]