Every summer, Arles (in the south of France) transforms into a vast open-air gallery for the Rencontres de la Photographie. For this 57th edition, more than forty exhibitions take over the city, placing Africa at the heart of the festival, exploring themes of independence, colonial memory, family archives, and the reappropriation of narratives. From post-independence Ghana to the portraits of Ayana V. Jackson, and including Sammy Baloji's explor…
Every summer, Arles (in the south of France) transforms into a vast open-air gallery for the Rencontres de la Photographie. For this 57th edition, more than forty exhibitions take over the city, placing Africa at the heart of the festival, exploring themes of independence, colonial memory, family archives, and the reappropriation of narratives. From post-independence Ghana to the portraits of Ayana V. Jackson, and including Sammy Baloji's explor…