The annual French celebration of contemporary photography is back. The Arles 2015 Festival has kicked off in the South of France with 35 photography shows, key figures like Walker Evans and Stephen Shore and an interesting programme that explores photography’s romance with architecture, music and cinema. Here’s a visual journey with some of our choice images.
Edward Weston ( 1886 – 1958), Cabbage Leaf, 1931, tirage Brett Weston 1951, épreuve argentique, don de Jerome Hill, 1970 © Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation/ ADAGP, 2015
Stephen Shore, West Ninth Avenue, Amarillo, Texas, October 2, 1974, from the Uncommon Places series. Courtesy of the artist and 303 Gallery, New York
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), Simiane-la-Rotonde, 1970, épreuve argentique, don de l’artiste, 1980 © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos
Las Vegas Studio – Venturi & Scott Brown, Big Donut Drive-in, Los Angeles, 1970. Courtesy of the artists and Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., Philadelphia.
Paolo Pellegrinn & Alex Majoli, 2012, Congo. Majoli/Pellegrin/Magnum Photo. Courtesy of the artists and Cherry Tree Gallery, Megève.
Omar Victor Diop, Ikhlas Khan, from the Diaspora series, 2015.Courtesy of the artist and MAGNIN-A gallery, Paris.
Richard Avedon (1923 – 2004), Igor Stravinsky, c.1959, épreuve argentique, don de l’artiste en 1965 © The Richard Avedon Fondation
Toon Michiels, Desert Isle Motel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1979. Courtesy of Luïscius.
William Klein (né en 1928), Cinecittà, Rome, Italie, 1957, épreuve argentique, don de l’artiste, 1965© «Cinecittà», avec l’aimable autorisation de William Klein, 2015
Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles will take place until sunday 20 september 2015.
You can check the details of the programme here: https://www.rencontres-arles.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=ARLAR1_213_VForm&FRM=Frame:ARLAR1_275