LUMA RENCONTRES
DUMMY BOOK AWARD ARLES 2023

Open for entries
march 20 — may 15

For the 54th edition of the festival, Les Rencontres de la photographie and the LUMA foundation are once again offering the LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award, a prize to help publish a book model. Initiated in 2015 and endowed with a production budget of €25,000, this award is open to professional photographers and artists using photography, upon proposal of a book model that has never been published. Special attention will be paid to experimental and innovative editorial forms. The deadline for applications is May 15, 2023. Les Rencontres de la photographie and the LUMA Foundation will form a jury to select the shortlisted dummies and the winning one. This set will be exhibited as part of the official course of the 2023 festival.
With the support of the LUMA Foundation.

→ ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

TERMS & CONDITIONS

 
ENDOWMENT
The award comes with a €25,000 production grant including €3,000 of royalties, for the author or authors. This sum is intended exclusively for the production of the presented project. Les Rencontres d'Arles, in collaboration with the chosen publisher, will ensure the project’s editorial and financial follow-up.

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
→ The award is open to all professional photographers and artists using photography of all ages and nationalities.
→ Their work must have appeared in group and/or solo shows and publications that have gained them national or international recognition.
→ the submission can be individual or collective.
→ Only one project may be submitted. It must be unpublished and not under contract to any publisher.
→ Self-published projects that have not yet been disseminated are eligible (the ISBN number is not mandatory).
→ The project submitted must be as close as possible to its final version, including the form and materials (type of paper, etc.), and technically feasible within a traditional book production framework.
→ The project must be financially feasible within the production budget allocated by the award and may be modified by the designated publishing house if it is awarded the prize.

 
MEANS OF SUBMISSION
Participation in the LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2023 is free. The project must be submitted both physically and online. Any incomplete application will not be considered. Online applications can be completed in French or English. The dummy book will be presented in its original language.

SHORTLISTING
A pre-selection of works will be made by Les Rencontres d'Arles and the LUMA foundation during the month of June, followed by the designation of the winning work, which will be announced during the opening week of the festival, on Thursday, July 6 at the théâtre Antique. The jury will take into account the editorial quality of the presented project and its technical and financial feasibility. The festival will contact the pre-selected candidates individually by email. The author receiving the LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2023 will receive a confidential invitation from the Rencontres during the opening week of the festival, which will take place from July 3 to 9, 2023, and which must remain confidential until the announcement of the award at the théâtre Antique on July 6.

PRESENTATION OF THE SHORTLISTED PROJECTS
The shortlisted projects will be exhibited from July 3 to September 24, 2023 as part of Les Rencontres d’Arles official program and, in whole or in part, online on Les Rencontres d'Arles website, for one year after the participant’s consent.

TIMELINE
→ Application is open from March 20 to May 15, 2023 (included).
→ Jury meeting and deliberation in mid-June 2023.
→ Announcement of the shortlisted dummies mid-June 2023.
→ Official announcement of the winning dummy during the opening week of Les Rencontres d'Arles, at the théâtre Antique, on Thursday July 6, 2023.
→ Exhibition of the winning dummy and the shortlisted dummies throughout the festival, at Monoprix, from July 3 to September 24, 2023.
→ Production of the winning dummy in late 2023, early 2024.

 
RIGHTS & AUTHORIZATIONS OF THE ARTIST
Candidates for the prize declare that they hold all rights to the content of the proposed project (texts, images, graphics) and guarantee the peaceful use of these elements.
Candidates whose work is pre-selected and/or awarded authorize Les Rencontres d'Arles to present it from July 3 to September 24, 2023, in the official program of the festival and in digital form on our website. They also authorize Les Rencontres d'Arles to use their work for the promotion of the LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2023.