To celebrate its 20th anniversary last year, the La Casille Photo Festival chose to exhibit a collection of photographs from these first two decades. This time, the geographic angle is again on display with Australia. A second theme is also addressed this year, entitled “Other Perspectives”. “These are views on environmental and social problems,” said Emmanuel Daires, director of the festival, during the official presentation of this 21st edition this Thursday at La Casilla (56). In total, visitors will be able to stop in front of 800 photographs taken by more than 20 international photographers: Bobby Lockyer, Adam Ferguson, Matthew Abbott, Vivian Dalles, Trent Park, Alessandro Cinque, Micht Dobrauner, Joel Meyerowitz…
(Bobby Lockyer)
(Ulla Lohmann for Y Foundation)
3 “An Inconvenient Truth” The theme of “other scenes” inspires “respect for nature”, photographers who are interested in showing the reality that “sometimes disturbs us, sometimes amazes us”. Films taken in America, South America, Benin, Papua New Guinea…
In the “Other Scenes” series, this photograph by Lewis Johns shows Andy (age 4) watching his father work on a farm in Montana (USA). (Photo by Louise Johns)
An expected 4,300,000 viewers including Rachita Dati?
Just like last year, 300,000 visitors are expected on the streets of Morbihan, a city of almost 4,000 people. Culture Minister Rachita Dadi may participate in the swearing-in ceremony on June 21. “She said she would come. So I hope he will attend, especially since it will be the first time that a Minister of Culture will come to our festival,” commented Jacques Rocher, president and founder of the La Casillas Photo Festival, who recalled the payment of seven million euros. Within the territory during exhibition months. * “Australia and other scenes”, from June 21 to November 3, 2024, at La Casilla. Free entry. information about
Jacques Rocher, Cyril Truehead and Emmanuel Daires present the poster for this 21st edition with two symbols of Australia: the boomerang and Uluru, this red mountain, sacred to the aboriginal people. (La Casille Photo Festival)
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