RENCONTRES D'ARLES 2010 HEAVY DUTY AND RAZOR SHARP 60 EXHIBITIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY JULY 3rd TO SEPTEMBER 19th 2010 The Rencontres d’Arles 2010 feature six trails: through Argentina, rock music, and traditional film photography; with the friends of the LUMA Foundation; one about changes and changeovers; and a sixth on French prisons. This edition enjoys the expertise of twenty curators—heads of leading international institutions, artistic directors, and collectors. Each trail begins with a guest of honour or an emblematic show. THE ARGENTINA TRAIL For the first time in France, León Ferrari shows his anti-clerical work and his distrust of dictatorships. Contemporary Argentinian photography, concerned with the painful rendering of recent history and the search for a “Latino” identity, is represented by: Leandro Berra, Marcos Adandia, Gabriel Valansi, Marcos López and Sebastiano Mauri, Oscar Bony, David Lamelas. THE ROCK TRAIL I Am a Cliché: Echos of the Punk Aesthetic: the influence of music on photographic and video creativity, from the ‘60s to now (Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Stephen Shore, Christian Marclay, Jamie Reid, Robert Malaval, and more). Mick Jagger has agreed, for the Rencontres d’Arles, to create the first exhibition retracing his career, through the lenses of the finest portraitists. In an exclusive show, Jean Pigozzi presents 40 years of shots from the heart of the jet set. Claude Gassian stages a retrospective of 40 years of portraits from the pop/rock scene. THE FILM PHOTOGRAPHY TRAIL Shoot! Existential Photography: amazing self-portraits holding a rifle, taken on fairground shooting stands in the mid-20th century and now appropriated by artists. The Polaroid collection reflects the entire history of a photographic practice. 130 political photomontages from Mao’s China, unearthed and decoded by Chinese artist Zhang Dali. With Camera Lucida(s): Note(s) on Photography, the Musée Nicéphore-Niépce has carte blanche to display original multimedia tools that explain the photographic practices of the past. The world’s last darkrooms, poetically photographed by Michel Campeau. Augusto Ferrari: photographs used to prepare the painting of murals at San Miguel Church, Buenos Aires. Ernst Haas has drawn his talent from the fantastic potential of Kodachrome film. Photographic Heritage features a selection of self-portraits from France’s national collections. THE FRIENDS OF THE LUMA FOUNDATION TRAIL Fischli/Weiss exhibit recent work laced with ambiguity and humour. Luke Fowler and Peter Hutton are also guests of the LUMA Foundation. For the Discovery Award, the Rencontres d’Arles invites the five members of the LUMA Foundation’s core group to nominate fifteen artists to compete and show their work. Contemporary Book Award and Historical Book Award: 500 books published in 2009-2010, available for public browsing. THE CHANGEOVER TRAIL Marin Karmitz presents his photography collection for the first time wich unusually tracks artists over the long term: Christian Boltanski, Chris Marker, Annette Messager, Johan van der Keuken, and more. France 14, a project conceived in Arles by 14 photographers invited by Raymond Depardon in 2006. They present their own perspective on France. reGeneration2, the fruit of a selection of art and photography schools from around the world. SFR Young Talent Award, an interactive selection that has helped young artists emerge in a short space of time. Paolo Woods shows his portraits of Iranian families, in parallel with news from Tehran posted on Twitter by the protestors themselves. The 2010 graduates of the National School of Photography in Arles. Lea Golda Holterman, 2009 winner of the Photo Folio Review. THE PRISON TRAIL An exhibition based on a report by France’s chief inspector of prisons. It shows how French prisons are far from being an aid to reintegration in society, and invites spectators to escape received ideas. OFF TRAIL Télérama celebrates its sixtieth birthday through more than 3,000 covers. The annual Clicks and Classes programme produced in schools. The National School of Photography in Arles presents Walking-Creating, seven artists travelling through towns and countryside. Le Méjan association presents: Patrick Bouchain, François Deladerrière, François Halard, Galerie VU’, Mario Giacomelli, Peter Klasen and Klavdij Sluban and pays a 60th birthday tribute to photolab Picto. The Musée Réattu hosts a retrospective of Pierre Jahan. OPENING DAYS JULY 3RD TO 13TH 2010 DEBATES, SEMINARS, BOOK SIGNINGS, PHOTO FOLIO REVIEWS The Rencontres fulfills the role of promoting photographers and photographic creativity in an educational and festive way, thanks mainly to the high number of events held during summer in Arles. The opening days host all the programme’s photographers and curators, and feature debates, seminars and book signings with free entry for all.