Introducing the speakers:
François Halard
This photographer lives between Arles and New York. Exploring the intimate world of artists through their living and creative spaces, he has devoted numerous portraits to major figures such as Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, Joan Miró and Miquel Barceló.
Christoph Wiesner
Director of Rencontres d’Arles since 2020, he previously orchestrated the programming of Paris Photo, after starting his career at the Esther Schipper gallery in Berlin and running the Yvon Lambert gallery in Paris. His work aims to renew the photographic scene by integrating contemporary issues such as ecology, feminism and postcolonial studies.
