Les Rencontres d’Arles needs to represent with equality
the whole multi-cultural spectrum of photography
including all human tonalities, all genders, and all orientations
if it indeed wants to maintain its primacy
on the international stage.Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Libération : 3 septembre 2018
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| Prénom | NOM | Profession |
| Cyril | Abad | Photographe |
| Camille | Aboudaram | Photographe |
| Gaëlle | Abravanel | Photographe |
| Mac | Adams | Photographe |
| Juliette | Agnel | Photographe |
| Romy | Alizée | Photographe |
| Emilie | Allais | Photographe |
| Marjorie | Allthorpe Guyton | Présidente AICA International |
| Nathalie | Amae | Curator, author, co-founder of Alta Volta Agency |
| Jean-Michel | André | Photographe |
| Hanicka | Andres | Photographe |
| Béatrice | Andrieux | Directrice artistique & commissaire indépendante |
| Ken | Aptekar | Photographe |
| Emilie | Arfeuil | Photographe |
| Israel | Ariño | Photographe et éditeur |
| Sergio | Aritmendiz | Photographe |
| Matthew | Aslett | Photographe |
| Association FemmesPHOTOgraphes | Collectif de photographes | |
| Florence | At | Photographe |
| Gerry | Badger | Photographe |
| Maïté | Baldi | Photographe |
| Emmanuelle | Barbaras | Photographe |
| Lisa | Barnard | Reader in Photography MA, Faculty of Creative Industries, University of South Wales |
| Harsha | Bathija | Photographe |
| Brigitte | Bauer | Photographe |
| Shiraz | Bazin-Moussi | Photographe |
| Teo | Becher | Photographe |
| Julien | Benard | Photographe |
| Caroline | Benichou | Galeriste |
| Carolle | Benitah | Photographe |
| Teresia | Bergström | Artiste |
| Nina | Berman | Photographe |
| Raphaële | Bertho | Maîtresse de conférences en Arts, Directrice du laboratoire INTRU, Université de Tours |
| Guia Sara | Besana | Photographe |
| Sabrina | Biancuzzi | Photographe |
| Didier | Bizet | Photographe |
| Emmanuelle | Blanc | Photographe |
| Delphine | Blast | Photographe |
| Emma | Blau | Photographic artist and curator. |
| Iwona | Blazwick | Director of Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK |
| Rut | Blees Luxemburg | Reader in Urban Aesthetics, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| Daniel C. | Blight | Online Editor, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK |
| Ana | Bloom | Photographe |
| Guillaume | Blot | Photographe |
| Chiara | Boeri | Photographe |
| Eddie | Bonesire | Photographe |
| Céline | Bonnarde | Photographe |
| Sian | Bonnel | Photographe |
| Maguy | Borras | Photographe |
| Aglaé | Bory | Photographe |
| Elise | Boularan | Photographe |
| Cyril | Bourdois | Historien de l’art |
| Julie | Bourges | Photographe |
| Olivier | Bourgoin | Directeur de l’agence révélateur |
| Christophe | Bourguedieu | Photographe |
| Sophie | Boursat | Photographe |
| Eric | Boutier | Photographe & directeur artistique |
| Laure | Boyer | Photographe |
| Polly | Braden | Photographe |
| Julia | Bradshaw | Photographe |
| Thom | Bridge | Photographe |
| Jonny | Briggs | Photographe |
| Susan | Bright | Commissaire d’expos et historienne de l’art |
| Nolwenn | Brod | Photographe |
| Adam | Broomberg | Photographe |
| Elina | Brotherus | Photographe |
| Alicia | Bruce | Photographe |
| Lise | Bruyneel | Iconographe |
| Vanessa | Buhrig | Photographe |
| Ben | Burbridge | Co-Director, Centre for Photography and Visual Culture, University of Sussex |
| Victor | Burgin | Artist. Professor Emeritus of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz; Emeritus Millard Chair of Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London. |
| Philippe | Calandre | Photographe |
| Gérard | Cambon | Photographe |
| Catherine | Cameron | Photographe |
| María | Cano | Photographe |
| Ofelia | Cardo | Photographe |
| Ofelia | Cardo | Photographe |
| Gregory | Cardon | Photographe |
| Olenka | Carrasco | Ecrivaine et photographe |
| Martina | Caruso | Photography Historian, Rome, Italy |
| Michel | Castermans | Photographe |
| An | Cath | Photographe |
| Myriam | Cawston | Photographe |
| Gabriela | Cendoya Bergareche | Collectionneuse |
| Renée | Chabot | Photographe |
| Melanie | Challe | Photographe |
| Iain | Chambers | Professor of Cultural and Postcolonial Studies at the Oriental University, Naples,It |
| François | Chanussot | Photographe, fondateur de l’Image Latente |
| Benjamin | Chesterton | Fondateur de Duckrabbit |
| François | Cheval | Fondateur The Red Eye, Fondateur et co-directeur Lianzhou Museum of Photography. Chine |
| Florence | Chevallier | Photographe |
| Clara | Chichin | Photographe |
| Elodie | Chrisment | Photographe |
| Lara | Ciarabellino | Photographe |
| Pierre | Ciot | Photographe, président de la SAIF |
| Celine | Clanet | Photographe |
| Tim | Clark | Editor in Chief: 1000 Words, London, UK |
| Claude, | Closky | artiste |
| Patrick | Cockpit | Photographe |
| Jörg | Colberg | Photographer, educator. Founder of Conscientious Photography Magazine |
| Susan | Collins | Director, Slade School of Fine Art London, UK |
| Julien | Coquentin | Photographe |
| Julie | Cornec | Photographe |
| Bernard | COSTE | Photographe |
| Scarlett | Coten | Photographe |
| Agnès | Courrault | Photographe |
| Elizabeth | Cowie | Professor Emeritus, Film Studies, School of Arts Derek Jarman Building
University of Kent, Canterbury |
| Julie | Crenn | Critique d’art et commissaire d’expositions indépendante |
| Karin | Crona | Photographe |
| Momi | Crouzet | Photographe |
| Olivier | Culmann | Photographe |
| Lidia | Curti | Honorary Professor, the Oriental University, Naples, It |
| Jacques | Damez | Galeriste |
| Floortje | Damming | Photographe |
| Sara | Davidmann | Artist/photographer and Reader in Photography at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London |
| Bruno | Dayan | Photographe |
| Anaïd | de Dieuleveult | Photographe |
| Anne | De Gelas | Photographe |
| Ioana | de Mello | Photographe |
| Edouard | de Pazzis | Photographe |
| Baptiste | de Ville d’Avray | Photographe |
| Margaret | Dearing | Photographe |
| Laurent | Deglicourt | Photographe |
| Camille Photo | Delbos | Photographe |
| Bernard | Demenge | Photographe |
| Christophe | Dentin | Photographe |
| Nathalie | Déposé | Photographe |
| Catherine | Dérioz | Galeriste |
| Bénédicte | Desrus | Photographe |
| Isabelle | Desvignes | Photographe |
| Chloé | Devis | Photographe |
| Leslie | Dick | Faculty Art Program, Visiting Critic – Yale School of Art, USA |
| Alicja | Dobrucka | Photographe |
| Marie | Docher | Photographe |
| Philippe | Dollo | Photographe |
| François | Dorian | Photographe et éditeur, Les éditions du silence |
| Melanie | Dornier | Photographe |
| Katharina | Dubno | Photographe |
| France | Dubois | Photographe |
| Bruno | Dubreuil | Enseignant et critique d’art, Viens Voir. |
| Julien | Dumas | Photographe |
| Fabienne | Dumont | Historienne de l’art et professeure en école d’art |
| Michaël | Duperrin | Photographe |
| Gabrielle | Duplantier | Photographe |
| François Régis | Durand | Photographe |
| Augusta | Edwards | Augusta Edwards Fine Art, London, UK |
| Stefan | Eichhorn | Artiste |
| Nabila | El Hadad | Photographe |
| Pía | Elizondo | Photographe |
| Fannie | Escoulen | Commissaire d’exposition indépendante |
| Wilfried | Estève | Directeur Collectif Hans Lucas |
| Valérie | Evrard | Photographe |
| Jessa | Fairbrother | Photographe |
| Tiffany | Fairey | Research Fellow, Photography and the Archive Centre, University of the Arts London / Co-Founder, PhotoVoice |
| Mathieu | Farcy | Photographe |
| Sandra | Fastré | Photographe |
| David | Fathi | Photographe |
| Estelle | Fenech | Photographe et réalisatrice |
| Clementine | Feuillet | Commissaire d’exposition |
| Gertrud | Fischbacher | Photographe |
| Jung | Fitzpatrick | Photographe |
| Flore | Photographe | |
| David | Fourré | Editeur, Lamaindonne |
| Anna | Fox | Professor of Photography,University for the Creative Arts at Farnham, UK |
| Eric | Franck | Galeriste, Eric Franck Fine Art LONDON, UK |
| Aurélia | Frey | Photographe |
| Nicolas | Friess | Photographe |
| Berangère | Fromont | Photographe |
| Annie | Gabrielli | Galerie Annie Gabrielli |
| Céline | Gaille | Photographe |
| Ana | Galan | Photographe |
| Pierre Hugues | Galien | photographe et directeur de la photographie |
| Florence | Gallez | Photographe |
| Alethia | García | Photographe |
| Juliette | Garms | Programs and Outreach Coordinator , World Press Photo Foundation |
| Christian | Gattinoni | Critique d’art, Lacritique.org |
| Rita | Gayford | Photographe |
| Grace | Gelder | Photographe |
| Karolina | Gembara | Photographe |
| Erika | Gentry | Photographe |
| Théo | Giacometti | Photographe |
| Odile | Gine | Photographe |
| Gaëtane | Girard | Photographe |
| Maya | Goded | Photographe |
| Hannah | Goldstein | Artist, Berlin |
| Olga | Gonzales | Photographe |
| Olmo | Gonzales Monrania | Photographe |
| Thibault | Grabherr | Photographe |
| Joy | Gregory | Photographe |
| Isabelle | Gressier | Photographe |
| Brian | Griffin | Photographe |
| Brian | Griffin | Photographe |
| Silvia | Griglio | Photographe |
| Anna | Grzelewska | Photographe |
| Sabine | Guédamour | Photographe |
| Sylvie | Guillaume | Photographe |
| Anne | Guillaume | Photographe |
| Simon | Guillemin | Photographe |
| André | Gunthert | historien des cultures visuelles, EHESS |
| Sunil | Gupta | Photographer – Visiting prof. Royal College of Art,Visiting Professor of Photography, University of the Creative Arts, UK |
| Israel | Gutierrez | Photographe |
| Ulysse | Guttmann-Faure | Photographe |
| Charlotte | Guy | Éditions Charlotte sometimes. |
| Furic | Gwenola | Restauratrice de photographies |
| Doug | Hall | Photographe |
| Emilie | Hallard | Editrice |
| Emeline | Hamon | Photographe |
| Sharon | Harper | Photographe, professeure à Harvard University, USA |
| Alicia | Hart | Photo Editor, Artist and Art Buyer |
| Julie | Hascoët | Photographe |
| Hamid | Hazmoun | Photographe |
| Yining | He | photography researcher and curator based in China |
| Pippa | Healy | Photographe |
| Paul | Hill | MBE, FRPS, DFine Art,DArts. Visiting Professor, University of Derby & De Montfort University, Leicester, UK |
| David | Himbert | Photographe |
| Magda | Hueckel | Photographe |
| Claire | Hyman | Collectionneurs / the Hyman collection |
| James | Hyman | Collectionneurs / the Hyman collection |
| Loeiza | Jacq | Photographe |
| Hélène | Jayet | Photographe |
| Lucie | Jean | Photographe |
| Isabelle | Jégo | Graphiste et enseignante |
| Magali | Joannon | Photographe |
| Amanda | Jobson | Photographe |
| Christina | Jonsson | Photographe |
| Valérie | Jouve | Photographe |
| Suzanne | Junker | Photographe |
| Dragana | Jurišić, | Artist |
| Maria | Kapajeva | Artiste |
| Verena | Kaspar-Eisert | commissaire |
| Hester | Keijser | Curator, author |
| Angela | Kelly | Photographer and professor College of Art and Design Rochester NY – USA |
| Natalie | Keyssar | Photographe |
| Françoise | Khoury | formatrice en écriture créative et photographie |
| Melanie | King | Founder and Co-Director of the London Alternative Photography Collective |
| Sharon | Kivland | Photographe |
| Sophie | Knittel | Photographe |
| Karen | Knorr | Photographe, Professor of Photography, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham Surrey, UK |
| Paul | Knox | Photographe |
| Maren | Köpp | Maîtresse de conférence, Département arts plastiques, Université Paris 8, France |
| Andréas | Krueger | Photographe |
| Bénédicte | Kurzen | Photographe Noor |
| Laura | Lafon | Photographe |
| Mikaël | Lafontan | Photographe |
| Alvaro | Laiz | Photographe |
| Magali | Lambert | Photographe |
| William | Lambert | Photographe |
| Simon | Lambert | Photographe |
| Hélène | Langlois | Photographe |
| Marine | Lanier | Photographe |
| Margaret | Lansink | Photographe |
| Benedicte | Lasalle | Photographe |
| Claire | Laude | Photographe |
| Michel | Le Belhomme | Photographe professeur en photographie, École Supérieure d’art de Bretagne |
| Sidney Léa | Le Bour | Photographe |
| Glwadys | Le Moulnier | Photographe |
| Camille | Léage | Photographe |
| Audrey | Leblanc | Historienne des cultures visuelles |
| Laurence | Lebon | Documentaliste & icono, photographe |
| Alexandra | Lebon | Photographe |
| Rose | Lecat | Photographe |
| Ange | Leccia | Artiste |
| Marine | Lecuyer | Photographe |
| Iris | Legendre | Plasticienne |
| Marc | Lenot | Critique blog Lunettes Rouges |
| Sonia | Lenzi | Photographe |
| Valérie | Léonard | Photographe |
| Angeline | Leroux | Photographe |
| Carol | Letanneur | Photographe |
| Céline | Levain | Photographe |
| Jenny | Lewis | Photographe |
| Alexandre | Liebert | Réalisateur |
| Susan | Lipper | Photographe |
| Anne | Locquen | Photographe |
| Jo | Longhurst | Photographe |
| Mireille | Loup | Photographe |
| Maren | Lübbke-Tidow | Author, curator |
| Michal | Luczak | Photographe |
| Anthony | Luvera | Artiste |
| Monika | Macdonald | Photographe |
| Marie-Pierre | Macia | Film Producer |
| Kirsty | Mackay | Photographe |
| Ruth | Maclennan | PhD Royal College of Art, Research Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University , UK |
| John | MacPherson | Photographe |
| Julien | Magre | Photographe |
| Charlotte | Mano | Photographe |
| Isa | Marcelli | Photographe |
| Alix | Marie | photographe |
| Manuela | Marques | Photographe |
| Matthieu | Marre | Photographe |
| Rosy | Martin | Photographe |
| Judith | Martin-Razi | Photographe |
| Lesia | Maruschak | Photographe |
| John Edwin | Mason | Professor, History of Photography |
| Karine | Maussière | Photographe |
| Claire | Maxfield | Photographe |
| Nathalie | Mayevski, | Éditions Imogene |
| Nadège | Mazars | Photographe |
| Bruno | Mazodier | Photographe |
| Janice | McLaren | Head of Education & Projects, The Photographers’ Gallery |
| Wendy | McMurdo | Photographe |
| Karen | McQuaid | Senior Curator, The Photographers’ Gallery |
| Cécile | Menendez | Photographe |
| Carles | Mercader Fulquet | Photographe |
| Corinne | Mercadier | Photographe |
| Catherine | Merdy | Photographe |
| Virginie | Merle | Photographe |
| Anne-Laure | Mesnage | Photographe et iconographe |
| Denis | Meyer | Photographe |
| Marcia | Michael | Photographe |
| Elisa Leonie | Migda | Photographe |
| Laura .E | Migliorino | Photographe |
| Ingrid | Milhaud | Photographe |
| Nicolas | Mingasson | Photographe |
| Arno Rafael | Minkinnen | Photographe |
| Nicole | Miquel | Photographe |
| Yuki | Miyake | Gallery director, White Conduit Projects |
| Christiane | Monarchi | Founding editor, Photomonitor |
| Marie | Mons | Photographe |
| David | Moore | Photographe |
| Erwan | Morere | Photographe |
| Nicola | Morley | Photographe |
| Maria | Moschou | Photographe |
| Amélie | Mourgue d’Algue | Photographe, PhD School of Fine Art – Royal College of Art |
| Anne-Marie | Msili Jézéquel | Imprimeure d’art pigmentaire |
| Andreina | Mujica | Photographe, Vénezuela |
| Marie | Muracciole | Directrice du Beirut Art Center. |
| Anne | Mutez | Photographe |
| Carole | Naggar | Historienne de la photographie |
| Louise | Narbo | Photographe |
| Esther | Navalon Wamba | Photographe et professeur, Escola Superior de Disseny i Art Llotja, Espagne |
| Guillaume | Nédellec | Photographe |
| Cheryl | Newman | Photographe |
| Kim lan | Nguyên Thi | Photographe |
| Laura | Noble | Galeriste – London – UK |
| Frédéric D. | Oberland | Photographe |
| Naoko | Ohta | Owner KLEE INC – Commissaire d’exposition |
| Julie | Okmun | Photographe |
| Brigitte | Olivier | Photographe |
| Christine | Ollier | Commissaire d’exposition, historienne |
| Marella | Oppenheim | Photographe |
| ORLAN | Artiste | |
| Paulina | Otylie Surys | Photographe |
| Jukka | Pääkkönen | Producer and photographer |
| Chantal | Pacteau | Dir de recherche émérite au CNRS, Rédactrice en Chef, Vie de la Recherche |
| Francette | Pacteau | Research Tutor, Royal College of Art, London – UK |
| Annu | Palakunnathu Matthew | Photographer, Professor of Art, University of Rhode Island, USA |
| Teresa | Palomo | Photographe |
| Colin | Pantall | Photographe |
| Michel | Paradinas | Photographe |
| Juliette | Parisot | Photographe |
| Martin | Parr | Photographe |
| Lucie | Pastureau | Photographe |
| Brigitte | Patient | Productrice France Inter, Regardez voir, France Inter |
| Franciella | Paturot-Eustache | BnF – Site Richelieu Département de la Reproduction |
| Clara | Pauthier | Photographe |
| Charles-Henri | Paysan | Photographe |
| Arielle | Pelenc | Photographe |
| Arielle | Pelenc | Photographe |
| Virginie | Perocheau | Photographe |
| Caroline | Perreau | Editrice Hartpon |
| Anders | Petersen | Photographe |
| Karoll | Petit | Photographe |
| Maria Letizia | Piantoni | Photographe |
| Sarah | Pickering | Senior Teaching Fellow – The Slade School of Fine Art |
| Karine | Pierre | Photographe |
| Valérie | Pinard | Photographe |
| Lilie | Pinot | Photographe |
| Stéphanie | Pioda | Historienne de l’art et journaliste |
| Thérèse | Pitte | Photographe |
| Anita | Pouchard Serra | Photographe |
| Carmen | Prado | Photographe |
| Laure | Pubert | Photographe |
| Karolina | Puchala-Rojek | Archeology of Photography Foundation / chairwoman |
| Sarah | Pucill | Photographe |
| Diamantino | Quintas | Tireur photo argentique |
| Laurence | Rasti | Photographe |
| Agnieszka | Rayss | Photographe |
| Yasmina | Reggad | Commissaire d’expo |
| Rikki | Reich | Photographe |
| Alisa | Resnik | Photographe |
| Olivier | Richon | Professor of Photography,Royal College of Art,London – UK |
| Manon | Riff-Sbrugnera | Photographe |
| Patrick | Rimond | Photographe |
| Simon | Roberts | Photographe |
| Julie | Rochereau | Photographe |
| D. N. | Rodowick | Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in the College and Division of Humanities, Departments of Cinema and Media Studies, and visual arts. The University of Chicago – USA |
| Matthieu | Rosier | Photographe |
| Martha | Rosler | Artiste |
| Théo | Rouby | Photographe |
| Gilles | Roudière | Photographe |
| Míriam | Ruisseau | Photographe |
| Lynn | S.K. | Photographe |
| Clément | Saccomani | Directeur Agence Noor |
| Nadja | Saîdi Makhlouf | Photographe et documentariste |
| François | Saint Pierre | Commissaire d’expositions, fondateur de L’été photographique de Lectoure |
| Laure | Samama | Photographe |
| Monicas | Santos, | Commissaire d’exposition. |
| María | Santoyo | Commissaire d’expositions, Directrice du Master International de Photographie EFTI (Espagne) |
| Pauline | Sauveur | Photographe, architecte |
| Tina | Schelhorn | Curator/founder: Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany |
| Charlotte | Schmit | Artiste |
| Betsy | Schneider | Photographe |
| Elisabeth | Schneider | Photographe |
| Janette | Scott | Photographe |
| Zineb | Sedira | Photographe |
| Elsa | Seignol | Photographe |
| Clémentine | Semeria | Tendance Floue |
| Nathalie | Seroux | Photographe |
| Alexandra | Serrano | Photographe |
| Shaltmira | Photographe | |
| Iris | Sikking | Independent curator |
| Corinne | Silva | Photographe |
| Matthew | Smith | Photographe |
| Ruth | Smith | Photographe |
| Margriet | Smulders | Photographe |
| Abigail | Solomon-Godeau | Critique, commissaire d’expo et historienne de l’art. |
| Trine | Søndergaard | Photographe |
| Pascal | Sonnet | Photographe |
| Marie | Sordat | Photographe |
| Vanda | Spengler | Photographe |
| Laura | Stevens | Photographe |
| Christopher | Stewart | Director of Photography Program, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London |
| Clare | Strand | Photographe |
| Éléonora | Strano | Photographe |
| Veronique | Sutra | Directrice de Eyes In Progress |
| Katharina | Sykora | Emerita of Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Allemagne |
| Mitra | Tabrizian | Photographe |
| Dafna | Talmor | Artist and lecturer – London – UK |
| Anastasia | Taylor-Lind | Photographe |
| Pieter | Ten Hoopen | Photographe |
| Tendance Floue | Collectif de photographes | |
| Sara | Terry | Photographe |
| Alys | Thomas | Photographe |
| Laurence | Thomas | Photographe |
| Marie | Tihon | Photographe |
| Rebecca | Topakian | Photographe |
| Benedite | Topuz | Photographe |
| Tien | Tran | Photographe |
| Magali | Tribalet | Photographe |
| Flore | Tricotelle | Photographe |
| Béatrice | Tupin | Directrice Les femmes s’exposent |
| Laetitia | Tura | Photographe |
| Susannah | Ureland | Photographe |
| Aurore | Valade | Photographe |
| Ana | Valiño | Photographe |
| Yannick | Vallet | Photographe |
| Jessica | Valoise | Photographe |
| Benedicte | Van der Maar | Photographe |
| Bénédicte | Vanderreydt | Photographe |
| Valérie | Vernhet | Galeriste |
| Paolo | Verzone | Photographe |
| Jeff | Vickers | MBE-HonFRPS-Fenton Medal . Ambassador for The Royal Photographic Society, UK |
| Gabrielle | Vigier | Photographe |
| Yannick | Vigouroux | Photographe, critique, commissaire d’expo |
| Pascal | Villaret | Poète |
| Katherine | Virgils Camp | Photographe |
| Beatrix | Von Cota | Photographe |
| Jean | Wainwright | Professor of Photography and Contemporary Art at UCA |
| Roger | Watson | Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village, UK |
| Ericka | Weidmann | Directrice de publication 9 Lives |
| Rémy | Weite | Photographe |
| Anne | Williams | Fine Art Photography Specialist |
| Val | Williams | UAL Professor of the History and Culture of Photography. Director of Photography & the Archive Research Centre and Moose on the Loose Biennale of Research. Co Editor Journal of Photography & Culture |
| Hermione | Wiltshire | Senior Tutor, Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| Ania | Winkler | Photographe |
| Miriam | Winsor | Photographe |
| Seda | Yildiz | Photographe |
| Sophie | Zénon | Photographe |
| Suzi | Zglinicki | Photographe |
| Guillaume | Zuili | Photographe |
Created in 1970, the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles festival clearly shows its vocation to promote photographic heritage to the wider world and to serve as a melting pot for contemporary creation and curation. As the Director of the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles for the last four years we appeal to your better judgement.
In 49 years, 47 editions have been entrusted to male artistic directors all of whom have selected a large majority of male exhibitors. In Arles, the glass ceiling is very low for women: it rarely exceeds 20%.
This year, your choice for the major solo exhibitions included twelve men and three women, one of whom exclusively photographed the work of another artist, a man.
What is your curation and heritage presented saying to the large audiences the festival serves ? This vision of and androrocentric art poses several problems that you have the power to solve. Throughout the world Female artists who have been trained in the best art schools constitute more than 60% of the graduates. Yet, they receive less support pay and rewards, and represent barely 20% of the artists exhibited in France.
The reasons for this evaporation are numerous. A major contributor to this issue, is the lack of awareness and commitment from curators institutions and festival managers, whom continue to leave women in the margins.
This is an obstacle that can easily be removed ; there is no need for an observatory or special prizes for women: these actions do not contribute to a real concrete progress. It is time for real action. And that action is to simply to exhibit women artists. Women do not want exceptions – they want a fair, equal share to level the playing field, including at international festivals like the Rencontres d’Arles.
It should be remembered that this event receives public funding. This organisation must have the courage to recognise that the festival benefits from the use of taxpayers’ money. In 2018 festivals like, Avignon and others where men are favoured and presented disproportionally overall must realise that this is no longer acceptable !
In your role as Director of Rencontres d’Arles you have told us that representation of works by women will be done gradually. But honestly, women artists have no more time to waste! Just like their male counterparts, they need means, visibility and recognition, and they need them now! Change is now, not tomorrow, its time to support real change in the recognition of female artists who are a proven talented creative force.
The success of the Rencontres d’Arles will not suffer. As an example you can refer to two huge successes : elles@centrepompidou in 2009* and Qui a peur des femmes photographes at the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie in 2015**. The public who visit art exhibitions in France appreciate novelty and quality. A more gender balanced festival will fulfill these expectations. At the end of the day, more varied visions and practices, nourished by a greater diversity of experiences and sensibilities is of paramount importance to the expansion of audiences of both sexes.
Art questions our human condition. This condition cannot be reflected when a disproportionate proportion of the population reserves the right to expose and discuss it. As we can see, the issues at stake are not limited to the artistic community as a whole across different artistic genres and practices. It has a more global and, let us say, political scope.
To return to Arles ; the New Discovery Award proposed by international galleries, whose role you recognise as « head researchers », is a joint one. It arouses public interest, who vote for the award, and regularly reward women. This year, the photo book prize proposed by publishers was once again awarded to a woman. Why is it that once the ground has been cleared, we do not find these same proportions in the featured exhibitions at the festival which you oversee?
The artistic direction of such an event carries with it a responsibility towards artists, the public, art history and the market. To continue to keep women in the margins is to anchor in the minds that a successful photographer, in 2018, continues to be a Western man is a false idea, which you can help challenge with a bit more research and thought.
Women artists with high quality work exist in abundance. The audience is ready and the market will follow. All you have to do is to decide and say it publicly: « The Rencontres d’Arles will become an equal opportunity event in 2019, the year of their fiftieth edition. The major exhibition venues, the means used, in terms of financing, production and communication, will be fairly distributed between the selected artists, women and men, of all ages and origins. »
You, and only you, can play this triggering role for the Rencontres. In 2019, for the 50th edition of Arles – and the editions that follow – work a little harder to raise the percentage of exhibited female artists to 50%. Just do it!
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desde hace 4 años, usted es el director de los Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles. Creado en 1970, este festival muestra claramente su vocación de dar a conocer el patrimonio fotográfico mundial y de ser el crisol de la creación contemporánea.
En 49 años, 47 ediciones han contado con directores artísticos masculinos seleccionados por una gran mayoría de hombres. En Arles, el llamado techo de cristal es muy bajo para las mujeres: raramente supera el 20%.
Este año, su elección para las grandes exposiciones monográficas fue de 12 hombres y 3 mujeres, una de las cuales fotografió exclusivamente el trabajo de otro artista masculino, un diseñador de moda.
Entonces, ¿de qué creación, de qué herencia se trata? Esta visión del arte androcéntrico plantea varios problemas que usted tiene el poder de resolver. Las mujeres artistas son muy numerosas y formadas en las mejores escuelas de arte donde constituyen más del 60% del total de graduaciones. Menos apoyadas, peor pagadas, menos recompensadas, representan apenas el 20% del elenco artístico representado en Francia.
Las razones de esta evaporación son numerosas , pero una de ellas, muy importante, es la falta de concienciación y compromiso de las instituciones y de las personas responsables de los festivales, que dejan a las mujeres al margen.
Para eliminar este obstáculo no hay necesidad de un observatorio, ni de premios especiales para las mujeres: los numerosos informes e iniciativas en este sentido que se han multiplicado a lo largo de los años han dado lugar a pocos o ningún progreso concreto. Es hora de actuar. Y actuar es simplemente exponerlas. Las mujeres no quieren excepciones, sino sólo su parte y su parte justa, incluso en los Rencontres d’Arles.
Cabe recordar que este evento recibe financiación pública. Debemos tener el valor de reconocer que el dinero de los y las contribuyentes beneficia aquí, como en Aviñón y en demasiados festivales, sobre todo a los hombres. Pero en 2018 esto ya no es sostenible.
Usted nos dice que las cosas se harán gradualmente. Las mujeres artistas no tienen más tiempo que perder que sus colegas varones. Como ellos, necesitan medios, visibilidad y reconocimiento, y los necesitan ya. Ahora es el momento de darles el lugar que les corresponde y hacerles conocer.
El éxito de los Rencontres d’Arles, puede estar seguro, estará asegurado. Recordemos esos dos grandes éxitos que fueron elles@centrepompidou en 2009* y Qui a peur des femmes photographes en el museo de Orsay y en el museo de la Orangerie en 2015**. El público de las exposiciones de arte en Francia aprecia la novedad y la calidad. Un festival paritario cumpliría esas expectativas: al fin y al cabo, se trataría de visiones y prácticas más variadas, alimentadas por una mayor diversidad de experiencias y sensibilidades. Una obra cuestiona nuestra condición. ¿Cuál es la condición cuando una proporción definida de la población se reserva el derecho de exponerla y hablar de ella? Como podemos ver, lo que está en juego no se limita a la esfera artística y a la carrera de sus actores y actrices. Tiene un alcance más global y, digamos, político.
Pero volvamos a Arles. El Premio Descubrimientos propuesto por galerías internacionales, en su papel de investigadores, es un premio paritario. Despierta el interés del público, que vota y recompensa regularmente a las mujeres. Este año, el premio al fotolibro propuesto por las editoriales se ha vuelto a conceder a una mujer. ¿Por qué, una vez que se ha despejado el terreno, no encontramos estas proporciones en el festival?
Las mujeres artistas, al igual que sus colegas varones, necesitan medios, visibilidad y reconocimiento a lo largo de su vida. Estas condiciones también son necesarias para abrir el campo de posibilidades a jóvenes licenciadas y fotógrafas emergentes.
La dirección artística de un evento de este tipo representa una responsabilidad con artistas de ambos géneros, con el público, la historia del arte y el mercado.
Seguir manteniendo a las mujeres al margen es anclar en las mentes que un fotógrafo plástico, en 2018, es un hombre occidental. Pero ésta es una idea falsa, que usted puede ayudar a erradicar.
Las mujeres artistas con trabajo de calidad están ahí, el público está listo, el mercado las seguirá.
Basta con decidirse y decirlo públicamente: los Rencontres d’Arles se convertirán en una cita paritaria en 2019, año de su quincuagésima edición. Los grandes espacios expositivos, los medios de financiación, producción y comunicación, se deberían repartir equitativamente entre la selección de artistas, mujeres y hombres, de todas las edades y procedencias.
Usted, y sólo usted, puede jugar este papel desencadenante. Para los 50 años de Arles (y los siguientes) exponga un 50% de obras de mujeres. ¡Atrévase!
