"A summer of revelations seems almost self-evident. How to make us see what is staring us in the face, but which takes so long to appear, as if the revelation could only be a forced birth?

Artists, and photographers in particular, are there to remind us of what we do not want to see or hear. Every summer, the Rencontres d'Arles heckle our gaze, from one continent to another. They remind us of our absolute necessity to exist.

Christoph Wiesner, President of the Rencontres d'Arles.