Anonymous image makers, New York nights and confronting the colonial: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles

The article highlights three photography exhibitions at the 2025 Rencontres d'Arles festival, titled "Disobedient Images." The first show features the late David Armstrong, a Boston School photographer, with vintage prints and contact sheets capturing 1970s-80s New York counterculture. The second, "On Country: Photography from Australia," presents works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous photographers that challenge colonial narratives and explore First Peoples' connection to land. The festival runs across multiple venues in Arles through summer and fall.