An authentic bridge between American Street Photography and French Humanist Photography, Stettner’s lifelong passion for social and political issues and the history of his craft led him to work in many forms: writing, collage, sculpture and painting. Almost ten years after his death, this exhibition sheds new light on his work. Entirely coming from a loan of the Settner archives, it presents nearly 150 historical and modern photographs printed by Stettner himself, some of them previously unpublished, as well as numerous original documents that evidence the complexity of an extraordinary personality.
Curator: Virginie Chardin.
Exhibition produced by the Rencontres d’Arles in collaboration with the Louis Stettner Estate, with support from Bildhalle Gallery, Zurich and Amsterdam, Boogie Woogie Photography limited, Hong Kong and The Hulett Collection, Tulsa.
The Rencontres d’Arles curatorial research grant receives the generous support of Jean-François Dubos.
Publications:
- Le Monde de Louis Stettner, éditions de la Martinière, 2025;
- Louis Stettner, Photo Poche Collection, Actes Sud, 2025;
- Louis Stettner, Photofile Collection, Thames and Hudson, 2025
LES RENCONTRES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE ARLES
7 JULY – 5 OCTOBER 2025 – 09.30 AM – 07.30 PM
(wheelchair accessible)