The more we think a country closed, stuck in political and economic crises, the more we find photographers there. They reveal, describe, demonstrate, invent, repair, build, in their own language, that of the image. They decipher the preliminary signs of societies in upheaval.

DIRECTOR
SAM STOURDZÉ

GENERAL ADMINISTRATOR
AURÉLIE DE LANLAY


PRESIDENT
HUBERT VÉDRINE


RENCONTRES D’ARLES AWARDS

DISCOVERY AWARD 
Retracing our steps, Fukushima exclusion zone - 2011-2016 by Carlos Ayesta & Guillkaume Bression presented by Alda Muluneh.

BOOK AWARDS
AUTHORS BOOK AWARD: Ville de Calais by Henk Wilschut (Gwinzegal for the french edition and self-edition for the english version),
Mention to Gaza Works by Kent Klich (Koenig).
HISTORICAL BOOK AWARD: Latif al Ani by Latif Al Ani, Morad Montazami and Tamara Chalabi (Hannibal).
PHOTO-TEXT BOOK AWARD: The Movement of clouds around Mount Fuji, photographed and filmed by Masanao Abe by Masanao Abe and Helmut Völter (Spector Books).

LUMA RENCONTRES DUMMY BOOK AWARDS
Grozny: Nine Cities by Olga Kravets, Maria Morina, Anna Shpakova and Oksana Yushko.

PHOTO-FOLIO REVIEW
Digo Yo & Se Manifester by Aurore Valade,
Mentions to Haley Morris-Cafiero, Alexandra Lethbridge, Charlotte Abramov and Catherine Leutengger.

MADAME FIGARO ARLES PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Paz Errázuriz for A Poetic of the Human.

VR ARLES FESTIVAL 
Miyubi by Félix Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël.