The world’s biggest photography festival, Arles largely avoids urgent politics, but includes many interesting exhibitions around images and how we use them

The world’s biggest photography festival, Arles largely avoids urgent politics, but includes many interesting exhibitions around images and how we use them
From themes of mythologised memories and ancestral resistance to decolonial archives, this year’s edition of the world’s biggest photography festival centres global narratives
Celebrating the launch of its 500th publication, the publisher specialises in making photobooks by Latin American and Spanish image-makers, and much more
Tangerine Dreams is an honest look at the many lives across the British isles and the different communities who call it home – the same communities affected by the current hostile environment
The festival sweeps the southwest of England this October, in community photo initiatives and global stories – from Mali to Eastern Europe
Sasha Phyars-Burgess wins First Photobook; Photobook of the Year is awarded to Muhammad Fadli; and Photography Catalogue of the Year to Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich. Vasantha Yogananthan receives a special mention
It is the first year the fair will host events at its new venue near the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Palais Éphémère