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Starting out as a series of encounters between photography enthusiasts, over the years the event gained importance and much popularity, with soaring success in the early 2000s due to a growing public interest in photography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"null\">For over 50 years, photography\u2019s greatest names have participated in the Rencontres d\u2019Arles, a veritable breeding ground for new talent. Anticipating medium changes and technologie evolutions, offering the experience of the image to all: these are the festival\u2019s ambitions. Its program is made rich through a diversity of perspectives, with photographers and curators hailing from different backgrounds. Occasionally a whole program section is offered to an artist, as the case for Martin Parr, Raymond Depardon, Nan Goldin and Arles\u2019 own fashion designer Christian Lacroix. At other times, breaking down the divides, photography is made in relation with cinema, music or architecture. Year after year, the festival tries to interpret a changing world through the eyes of photographers, unquestionably the best at telling story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"null\">Between early July and late September, the public is invited to explore 40 exhibitions at various heritage sites throughout the city, from 12th-century chapels and cloisters to 19th-century industrial buildings and contemporary, if not unexpected sites (such as the Monoprix and its fa\u00e7ade, classified 20th-century heritage). During the opening week in July, all of Arles lives to the beat of photography. A place of exchanges with creators, the festival invites the public to join artists and curators on the program for exhibition tours, panel discussions, conferences, book signings and readings. Projections, concerts and performances liven up the evenings. During the famous Night of the year, the festival\u2019s unmissable festive event, visitors party under the stars until dawn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rencontres-arles.com\/en\">https:\/\/www.rencontres-arles.com\/en<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1970, Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, writer Michel Tournier and historian Jean\u2011Maurice Rouquette founded the Rencontres d\u2019Arles, an annual photography festival. At the time, photography was still regarded as a \u201cminor\u201d art and had not come of age. The festival in Arles played an important role in enabling it to gain recognition from institutions. 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