The 57th edition of the Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles, titled "Des mondes à relire," will open on July 6, 2026, in Arles, France. Curated by Christoph Wiesner, the festival features over 60 artists in official exhibitions plus hundreds in the Off circuit, with workshops, book presentations, author meetings, and the Louis Roederer Discovery Award. Highlights include a focus on Ghana, works by William Klein for his centenary, and unexpected guests like filmmaker Park Chan-wook and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg presenting their photographs.
The Rencontres d'Arles is Europe's most influential summer photography festival, attracting 175,000 visitors in 2025. This edition matters because it offers a sensitive map of the contemporary world, exploring political stories, post-colonial memories, urban experiences, and new visual languages across historic and converted spaces in Arles. By giving visibility to emerging photographers and addressing themes of identity, memory, and interconnectedness, the festival reaffirms photography's power to reveal and question diverse realities.