The 42nd edition of the Les Rencontres d’Arles photo festival kicked off on July 4 in the south of France, where 47 exhibitions will be shown throughout 23 locations, including old churches and factories. “I try to offer a very different program every year, after 30 years working with photographers,” says François Hébel, director of the annual photography festival. “Opposed to a museum that studies the career of a photographer, we show more fragile works [and] new aesthetics in photography.”
This year’s festival will spotlight Mexico with contemporary images from the nation’s capital as well as rare photographs from the Mexican Revolution, pulled together under an umbrella Republic exhibition. Here, the festival will present The Mexican Suitcase, a set of Spanish Civil War images shot by Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour) and Gerda Taro recently rediscovered in 2007.
Other highlights from this year’s event include a Chris Marker retrospective, which features more than 300 works by the French photographer and filmmaker. His famous Koreans — a collection of images of North Korean life from Marker’s trip to the country in 1957 — will be on display along with video and installation pieces. From Here On, curated by Martin Parr, Joan Fontcuberta, Erik Kessels, Joachim Schmidt and Clement Cheroux, will examine digital photography and the influence of the internet on the art form.
Dulce Pinzon
From the series "The true story of super-heroes"
José Rosendo de Jesus, from the State of Guerrero works as a union organizer in New York.
He sends 700 dollars a month.Courtesy Dulce PinzonChristophe Agou
Untitled, from the series "Facing Silence" (2002-2010).Courtesy Christophe AgouAugustin Rebetez
From the series "Everything that looks angry but doesn't raise its voice," 2010.Courtesy Augustin RebetezJosè Ramûn Bas
Ndar, 2008Courtesy Josè Ramûn BasFrançoise Beauguion
Prizewinner SFR Young Photo Talent/Rencontres d'Arles 2011. From the series "Face to Face", 2010.Courtesy Françoise BeauguionDaniela Rossell
Untitled (Ricas y Famosas) Medusa, 1999
C-print
30"x 40"Courtesy Greene Naftali Gallery, New YorkClaire Delfino
Prizewinner SFR Young Photo Talent/Rencontres d'Arles 2011. From the series "Plis du sommeil", 2008-11.Courtesy Claire DelfinoDomingo Milella
Cuantepec, at night, Mexico City, 2004.
Courtesy Brancolini Grimaldi Arte ContemporaneaAntonin Kratochvil / VII
A street scene in Umm Qasr, a large port in Al Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, April 12, 2003.Courtesy Antonin Kratochvil—VII Douglas Gordon
24 Hour Psycho Back and Forth and To and Fro, 2008. Video Installation, Installation View Tramway, Glasgow, 2010.
Photo Studio lost but found (Frederik Pedersen)Courtesy Douglas Gordon Aurélie Durand
Prizewinner SFR Young Photo Talent/Rencontres d'Arles 2011. From the series "Tourism", 2007-11.Courtesy Aurélie DurandLynne Cohen
"Untitled (Astroturf)," 2005
Courtesy In Situ / Fabienne Leclerc Gallery, ParisEnrique Metinides
Untitled
Torreo Stadium, Mexico City, 1971.
"I wanted to know what death was like," admitted 45-year old Antonio N. after two rescue workers persuaded him not to jump.
Courtesy Enrique MetinidesEnrique Metinides
Untitled
Regis Hotel, Centro Historico, Mexico City, 1985.
After the earthquake of September 19, 1985.Courtesy Enrique MetinidesFernando Montiel Klint
Acts of Faith
From the series "Acts of Faith"
2009Courtesy Fernando Montiel KlintFernando Montiel Klint
Artist in the Studio
From the series "Nirvana"
2008Courtesy Fernando Montiel KlintManuel Alvarez Bravo
Gabriel Figueroa checking the light readings for Sonatas, directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, 1959.
Televisa Foundation Collection, Film Division.Courtesy Manuel Alvarez BravoJulie Fischer
Untitled, Finland, 2010.Courtesy Julie FischerGraciela Iturbide
Jano, Ocumichu, Michoacan, Mexico, 1980
Gelatin silver print
Colecciones Fundaciun MAPFRE
2011Courtesy Graciela IturbideNicolas Guilbert
Abbaye de Montmajour, 2011.Courtesy Nicolas GuilbertMarin Hock
From the series "D'une tristesse à l'autre", 2008Courtesy Marin HockMaya Goded
Welcome to Lipstick.
December 2009.
Border of Mexico-USA - zone of prostitution.Courtesy Maya GodedMaya Goded
Welcome to Lipstick.
December 2009.
Border of Mexico-USA - zone of prostitution.Courtest Maya GodedMikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse
Lift Portrait 3
Ponte City, Johannesburg, 2008.Courtesy Mikhael Subotzky, Patrick Waterhouse and Goodman GalleryMishka Henner
NATO Storage Annex, Coevorden, 2011Courtesy Mishka HennerPenelope Umbrico
8,799,661 Suns From Flickr (Partial) 3/8/11
2011
Courtesy Penelope UmbricoPenelope Umbrico
Sideways TVs (Craigslist/Gumtree), 2010-11
Courtesy Penelope UmbricoMichel Marizi
Paris Match director Roger Thérond in his office with the photos for the magazine's 50th anniversary album.Courtesy Michel MariziPierre Toussaint
From the series "Metronome", 2011.Courtesy Pierre ToussaintCy Twombly
Tree-peony, Bassano in Teverina, 1980.Courtesy Cy TwomblyGerda Taro
Spectators at the funeral parade of General Lukacs, Valencia, June 16, 1937
Negative
Courtesy International Center of Photography
