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Pedal to the metal! The best of Arles 2026 – in pictures

The iconic photography festival is back for the 57th time with images of dogs, diners, UFOs and more Samuel JK Essoun, Shama, Ghana, 1964 Abidjan, Les Soirées dansantes [Dance Parties], 1970s The Nigerian Superman, a...

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Pedal to the metal! The best of Arles 2026 – in pictures
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The iconic photography festival is back for the 57th time with images of dogs, diners, UFOs and more

Samuel JK Essoun, Shama, Ghana, 1964

Abidjan, Les Soirées dansantes [Dance Parties], 1970s

The Nigerian Superman, a renowned performer in Mantse Agbona, Jamestown, Accra, 1958

To Be Black and Female in the Spanish South-West, in the Style of Selika Lazevski, 2023

Erimo Cape, Ravens, 1976

Break Out, 1995

Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria, 2007

From series depicting a ‘Pleiadian spacecraft’, Ober?Sädelegg, Switzerland, March 8, 1975

Invasion Day One. Dawn, 2018

Ruth Norman also known as ‘Uriel’, Founder of the Unarius Academy of Sciences, El Cajon, California, 1981

Being There, 2023

Grasshopper and Wheat Stalk, Voulangis, France, circa 1920

Steichen Study 59, 2025

Twins, Amoeiro, Galicia, Spain, 1986

How to Make Love, New York, 1954

Love Before Going to the Rhythm Club, She Would Make Sure Her Makeup was Together, Harlem, 1996

Carnival, Antwerp, Belgium, 1992

Flamingo Fandango, 1988

Oasis Foam Soaked with Water/Cabomba, 2019

Adaptive Radiation #1, 2025

Splinting a Forearm Fracture Using a Paper Magazine, Vigilance, No. 21, April 1963

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