The photography festival "Les Rencontres d'Arles " begins next week as will Foto8's coverage.  Our guest bloggers include  photographer George Georgiou, who will be sending us photo-haikus from the festival, and Caroline Niemant of Peeping Tom Gallery, Paris who will be  sending  us her thoughts, (possibly in haiku format- we'll see).  And Vanessa Winship will be launching her new book, Sweet Nothings , published by Foto8, at Arles as well...

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They are trying to take our rights and it will happen if we don’t act. 

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