© 2026 FLAT // LAND, Amsterdam
FLAT // LAND is very proud to announce the participation of Zana Briski, Leila Jeffreys, James Mollison ánd Vincent Munier in the exhibition 'Animal Model' at this years Rencontres d'Arles.
FOUR ARTISTS OF FLAT // LAND!
Animal Model presents how mankind looks at animals; and in this case, how photography has shaped our view of animals and profoundly influenced the ways we love, exploit, or defend them.
Arles has six perspectives: the anatomical gaze; the performative gaze, capturing our fascination with animals; the emotional gaze; the fascinated gaze; the ethical gaze; and finally the aesthetic gaze, where visual, formal, and experimental explorations inspired by animals unfold.
From Auguste Bertsch’s 19th-century microphotographs to Elliott Erwitt and Martin Parr’s images revealing human-animal complicity, from Peter Beard’s collages blending personal narrative and ecological concerns to Rinko Kawauchi’s delicate observations, from Simona Kossak’s pursuit of harmony to William Wegman’s playful compositions, the exhibition showcases the work of major photographers who have shaped our sensitivity to living beings.
It also embraces the most inventive contemporary approaches, from the strange creatures of Augustin Rebetez and Robin Lopvet to the poetic visions of Vasantha Yogananthan, as well as the viral images and daring experimentations circulating on social media.
Finally, it highlights the overwhelming presence of animals in the collective imagination.
Together, these representations form a visual panorama of exceptional diversity, inviting us to rethink the boundaries between human and animal, gaze and image, and reality and its representation.
CURATION: NATHALIE HERSCHDORFER
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR: VINCENT LAVOIE
CURATORIAL COMMITTEE: FANNY BRÜLHART, CÉCILE NÉDÉLEC, MANUEL SIGRIST, ASSISTED BY SARAH BOURGET
EXHIBITION CO-PRODUCED BY
THE RENCONTRES D’ARLES AND PHOTO ELYSÉE, LAUSANNE.
https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/2026/animal-model