45e rencontres internationales de la photographie

'Arles is a theatre, a stage that fills an entire city. An invitation to Les Rencontres de la Photographie is a brilliant spotlight. The artists prepare their presence with an extraordinary energy.
Opening week we host photographers, exhibition curators, and professionals from all over the world for a three-ring circus of discussions, shows, and signings, along with many "off-Festival" events.
Throughout the summer, nearly 100,000 visitors and interns flock to Arles. Back to School in Images welcomes 320 classes, 10,000 students, and 700 teachers from all regions of France for a day devoted to photography.
The festival format of the Rencontres d'Arles, developed in 2002, is unique in all the world.
After 15 editions, I wanted a marvellous parade with photogra­phers and collections never seen before at the Rencontres, along with the great artists who have marked the new format invented and successively spurred on by François Barre and Jean-Noel Jeanneney, a