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Rencontres d’Arles 2026: Bringing Light to the Shadows

From July 6 to October 4, 2026, the Rencontres d’Arles returned for its 57th edition, titled “Des mondes à relire” (Worlds to Revisit). A programme conceived to elevate marginalised narratives into defining events.

April 03, 2026

Friday April 3, 2026

Summary

From July 6 to October 4, 2026, the Rencontres d’Arles returned for its 57th edition, titled “Des mondes à relire” (Worlds to Revisit). A programme conceived to elevate marginalised narratives into defining events.

By Lou Tsatsas

The photographer stayed on the Scottish island of Jura, in the farmhouse where George Orwell secluded himself at the end of his life to write his celebrated dystopian novel, 1984.

By Guénola Pellen

Lost for forty-six years, the photographs Albert Scopin took of Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe and the Warhol galaxy at the Chelsea Hotel between 1969 and 1971 have resurfaced.

By Guénola Pellen

Street photographer Graham Chapman spent five years doing what Chicagoans never do: standing still.

By Guénola Pellen

South Korea has gone through many changes in the last few decades, leaving some of its youth adrift. Photographer Yang Seung-Woo has photographed the lives of some of these girls and boys, who, like the photographer, do not conform to the old social norms in the country.

By Robert E. Gerhardt

In a resolutely pop art photographic series, Farah Al Qasimi photographs the interiors of the Emirati middle class

By Sabyl Ghoussoub

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