On Country: Photography from Australia

Everything you need to know about the first-ever exhibition of Australian photography at the Rencontres d'Arles 2025.

On Country Exhibition

This landmark exhibition at the Rencontres d’Arles features 17 Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and collectives exploring aspects of being ‘on Country’ – a term embodied by First Peoples in Australia to describe the lands, waterways, seas and cosmos to which they are connected.

Tony Albert, David Charles Collins and Kieran Lawson, Warakurna Superheroes #1, 2017. Courtesy the artists and Sullivan + Strumpf.

Arles Opening Week Events

Join our team and the exhibiting artists in Arles for a program of talks, tours, performances and book launches as part of the Opening Week celebrations 07–13 July.

On Country Catalogue

Accompanying the presentation in Arles, the catalogue On Country: Photography from Australia is now available for pre-order via Perimeter Books. Published by PHOTO Australia and Perimeter Editions.

On Country: Photography from Australia, 2025. Published by PHOTO Australia and Perimeter Editions, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

Australian Lustre at the Australian Embassy in Paris

In partnership with the Australia Embassy in Paris, PHOTO Australia presents a new exhibition by Australian photographer Trent Mitchell.

Trent Mitchell, from the series Australian Lustre, 2024. Courtesy the artist.

More info

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Founding Partners
  • Bowness Family Foundation
  • Naomi Milgrom Foundation
Major Government Partners
  • City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program

PHOTO Australia respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we work and live, and the rich and diverse Indigenous cultures across what is now called Australia. For over 60,000 years, Indigenous arts and culture have thrived on this sacred land, and we honour Elders and cultural leaders past and present. This was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

06–29 March