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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Kelly Burke

‘A monumental moment’: world’s leading photography festival puts Australia in focus

Warakurna Superheroes #1, 2017.
Warakurna Superheroes #1, 2017, the hero image for Les Rencontres d’Arles this year. Photograph: Tony Albert, David Charles Collins and Kieran Lawson

The French festival that has launched the careers of dozens of photographers over the past five decades is turning its focus to Australian artists and their unique relationship to country.

Les Rencontres d’Arles, the world’s oldest and most prestigious photography festival, will this year highlight the work of 20 Australian artists as part of a major exhibition opening in July in the Provençal city of Arles, renowned for its world heritage-listed Roman remains.

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