Light and shade with Pooya Abbasian in Arles

Made on a residency with the Lee Ufan Arles x Guerlain Art & Environnement Prize, Pooya Abbasian’s Soli-Sombre responds to our attempts to control nature, the bombing of Iran and – most of all – how images intersect with both. BJP caught up with him during the opening week of Les Rencontres d’Arles.

27 July 2026
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Light and shade with Pooya Abbasian in Arles

Made on a residency with the Lee Ufan Arles x Guerlain Art & Environnement Prize, Pooya Abbasian’s Soli-Sombre responds to our attempts to control nature, the bombing of Iran and – most of all – how images intersect with both. BJP caught up with him during the opening week of Les Rencontres d’Arles.

27 July 2026

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