Photography Contest
Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2025
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Their work must have featured in group and/or solo shows or in publications giving them national or international recognition.Entry Fees |
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Rencontres d'ArlesSince 2015, Les Rencontres d’Arles has offered an award supporting the publication of a dummy book.
This prize, with a production budget of € 25,000, is open to any new photographer or artist using photography, submitting a previously unpublished dummy book.
Special attention is paid to experimental and innovative forms of publishing.
An international jury will choose the winner.
The 2025 winner’s dummy book, as well as those of the nominees, will be exhibited this summer during the Rencontres d’Arles.
This prize, with a production budget of € 25,000, is open to any new photographer or artist using photography, submitting a previously unpublished dummy book.
Special attention is paid to experimental and innovative forms of publishing.
An international jury will choose the winner.
The 2025 winner’s dummy book, as well as those of the nominees, will be exhibited this summer during the Rencontres d’Arles.
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