Sigma is exhibiting the work of photographer Marc-Henri Ngandu in Arles from July 7 to 13, 2025.

For the fifth consecutive year, Sigma is making its mark on the city of Arles during the opening week of the Les Rencontres d'Arles, this year showcasing the unique perspective of Marc-Henri Ngandu on the sidelines of Fashion Week.

Beyond the meticulously staged scenes and the splendor often associated with them, Fashion Week is also a theater of fascinating chaos and agitation, where the accidental becomes the subject. Photographer Marc-Henri Ngandu moves away from the usual, static, and predictable compositions to capture, as closely as possible, the essence of these intense, colorful, and striking moments.

Equipped with his Sigma fp, he embraces the unexpected. Taking his gaze from official iconography, he plays with focus shifts and the off-camera space to capture what usually goes unnoticed. What is meant to draw the eye dissorlves into blur, while marginal figures enter the frame and gain unexpected prominence, revealing a different photographic substance.

Through a subtle play on subject hierarchy, he composes a parallel reality where the background can take center stage. Here, a hastily captured gesture takes on a painterly dimension; there, a silhouette on the edge of the frame becomes the main subject. Each image becomes an exercise in reassembling reality, an attempt to give form to a choreography that we sense but cannot always grasp. This series of images engages the viewer's gaze and invites reflection on the mechanisms of visibility: Who decides what is meant to be seen?

With this new exhibition in Arles, Sigma reaffirms its commitment to new photographic approaches: supporting emerging perspectives, enabling artists to express themselves freely, and offering a space for contemporary photography to thrive.