Getting to organize 50 years of a festival is a milestone in current cultural times
and it that deserves celebrating. The direction of the Rencontres de la Photographie,
Arles edition 2019, have created a complete program to offer the best of the actuality
in photography, with exhibitions, lectures, courses, workshops, seminars, special visits,
etc., presented in some 20 heritage sites, that creates a well designed urban arts
scenography to serve and fit the objectives of the festival. The visitor finds all
information at the Tourism Office with brochures, maps, catalogs, etc. and from
there the city opens up to show all routes to exhibitions and other events.
And in this scenario visitors can create their very route or itinerary based on personal
interests, it is never the same visit and that is one of its most interesting attributes.
There is a second part of this event which is the Festival Voies Off, celebrating this
year its 24th edition, offering a total of 230 expositions in the city with free access,
and happening in the same dates as the official festival, with the motto "culture is not a
right but an obligation". There is more to see than can take a day, so the festival has
published a well-curated catalog with a map of the city locating every exhibition space
that helps to decide your route, especially if you are on a day trip to Arles.
And as a kind of farewell, one of the organizers have designed a three days event, in
its second edition, getting together collectors, aficionados, and creators with an
extended program to share the passion for photography.
