Les Rencontres d’Arles 2025 – Arles, France

Theme: Disobedient Images

Edition: 56th

Why should you care about Arles 2025?

This major photography festival challenges the global status quo.

It speaks to our times.

And it speaks to you.

What’s new this year?

• The focus is on commitment — social, political, and environmental

• The exhibitions come from across the globe

  • Australia

  • Brazil

  • North America

  • The Caribbean

• Artists respond to rising

• Nationalism

• Nihilism

• Climate crises

What will you see?

• Powerful images that resist the dominant narrative

• Visual stories that highlight

  • Gender identity

  • Cultural heritage

  • Migration and memory

• Projects that question power and provoke debate

What’s in it for you?

• Get new perspectives on global issues

• Discover bold photography you won’t see in mainstream media

• Connect with artists who break rules and defy limits

Planning to attend?

• Arles is a small town in southern France

• The festival runs across multiple venues

• You’ll walk through Roman ruins, churches, and old factories — all turned into galleries

• Each space offers something different

Looking for inspiration or insight?

• Do you want to explore how art challenges authority?

• Are you curious about how photography documents resistance?

• Do you care about whose stories get told — and who gets left out?

Les Rencontres d’Arles 2025 invites you to look closer.
. Not just at the pictures,
. But at the world they reflect.