9 Photography Exhibitions to See This Summer
This article highlights nine photography exhibitions occurring during the summer of 2026, ranging from Camille Vivier's surrealist fashion work in Paris to the Rencontres d’Arles festival in France. It also notes an exhibition exploring the historical intersection of Yves Saint Laurent's fashion designs and experimental photography.
Why it matters
It provides a curated guide for cultural engagement, showcasing how photography continues to evolve as both a commercial and artistic medium.
For over two decades, Camille Vivier has shrouded the pages of i-D , Dazed , and Purple in an air of fantasy and myth, working in a loose tradition of surrealist fashion photography stretching back to Man Ray. Now, an exhibition in Paris brings her work to museum walls for the first time. Whether on assignment for Cartier, collaborating with female body-builders, or dabbling in equestrian portraiture, the French photographer imbues her subjects with an alien beauty and a dreamy eroticism that is bracingly bereft of convention.
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