Argelès Photo Nature
Environmental awareness and sustainable development, here and abroad
Thanks to the yearly open-air photographic exhibition, les Enfants de la Mer, Argelès sur Mer has become a key player in the field of environmental activism and sustainable development.
Back for its 12th edition, this recurring summer-long project was originally inspired by the outdoor photography exhibition, Vivants, in Paris back in 2007 and has become a collaborative effort, unique in France.
Renamed Argelès Photo Nature in 2018, the project remains true to its original aims of engaging and educating visitors of all ages.
With exhibitions of nature photographs in large format, along with conferences and discussions from prestigious guests, this one of our must-do events for the summer.
As well as the Esplanade Charles Trenet (beach front), 3 other venues will be displaying the wonderful photographs: place Gambetta, plage Sud and the port so why not get out and about in Argelès this summer?
Find out more here.
Pelagos
Frédéric Larrey and Thomas Roger
Did you know that off the very touristy coasts of the Mediterranean Sea lives a large pelagic fauna? Whales and sperm whales, dolphins, turtles, seabirds, moonfish and basking sharks rub shoulders on the high seas, sometimes crossing the wake of a few pleasure boats and merchant ships. They are part of the “pelagos”, these nomadic beings living on the high seas.
Iles était une fois
Frédéric et Olivier Larrey Maxime Briola, Xavier Desmier
Argelès Photo Nature asked several artists to depict insularity at its most fertile and unexpected. A fusion of two previous exhibitions, “Islands…once upon a time” illustrates the variety and creative force of living things. Islands are a thousand worlds without equal, where animal and human beings merge in the great adventure of biodiversity.
Natura d'aqui
Frédéric et Olivier Larrey, Maxime Briola
Argelès Photo Nature has always wanted to celebrate the beauty of our local nature. A retrospective of “here” exhibitions allows viewers to discover or rediscover the most beautiful views of our environment.
L'école d'été
Every weekday morning from the 13th July to the 28th August, kids over 6 years old can learn how to better protect our environment with free, fun workshops and activities.
Free access
July – October
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