The « Rencontres » d’Arles photographie run since 1970. They showcase famous or yet unknown photographers in different parts of taown, mainly historic buildings: desacralised churches, cloister, abandoned industrial sites sometimes only open their doors to this manifestation.
This years « Rencontres » were (mainly) black and white. Amongst the wide offer that I had the chance to visualise, stood out Alfredo Jaar and Sergio Larrain’s exhibitions, two Chilean photographs (not just to be chauvinistic). Both extremely moving and committed to reveal injustices and pain.
Alfredo Jaar: « La politique des images », by questioning the way medias show us what they feel is important, and what they think might interest the biggest number, just leaves you with a feeling of unbearable injustice, I am still recovering from that one..
Sergio Larrain’s Retrospective gives us to see his particularly beautiful series on the children of the streets of Santiago, and portraits of Valparaiso’s bar crowd, and people of Peru and Bolivia. 
Cloitre St Trophime
Erik Kessels: 24h of Photos, printing of 24h live pictures on social medias…
Espace Van Gogh in Arle’s Hotel Dieu
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Couleur de l’Ombre
Vivian Sassen: In and out of Fashion, author of a few noticeable Miu-Miu campaigns
