Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival was jointly initated in 2015 by the Founder of Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, RongRong, and the Director of Les Rencontres d'Arles, Sam Stourdzé, who serve as Co-directors of the festival.

In 2016, the festival, co-directed again by its founders, will raise the curtain on the 20th of November 2016. Exhibitions aside, artistic performances, sound shows, forums, projections, portfolio reviews and other events will take place during the opening week that last a full 7 days. The festival means to connect and animate separated cultural areas and spaces, to relay and promulgate the different art forms through the city, thus events will be held both at Jimei Citizen Center and Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre.
The 2016 Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival main exhibition program includes: Exhibitions from Arles 2016, Jimei x Arles Discovery Award, Asian Pulse, Ninagawa Mika Solo Exhibition, Photo in Hindsight, Local Action, Collectors’ Tales, Crossover Photography, Photobook Fair, Portfolio Review, Seminars and Projection Activities. It will cover more than 100 artists from a dozen of different countries and display more than 1000 works in total.

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