Casablanca – This October, Marrakech will become a meeting point for photographers from Morocco and beyond, as Les Rencontres de la Photographie de Marrakech (RPM) return for their sixth edition from October 7-10.
This year’s edition will celebrate two centuries of photography while placing Morocco at the center of a wider conversation around the art of image.
Titled “Deux siècles de lumière” (Two centuries of light), the event marks the bicentenary of photography, bringing together photographers, collectors, institutions, and photography enthusiasts around a program built on discovery and exchange.
Through exhibitions, conferences, projections, workshops, and professional encounters, the event will turn Marrakech into a meeting point for different generations and photographic traditions.
RPM will also give young talents a stronger place through the “Prix Découverte 2026,” which Fondation Yzza Slaoui supports.
A bridge between Morocco and Italy
Italy will take center stage as this year’s guest country, bringing several renowned photographers to Marrakech, including Massimo Listri, Graziano Arici, Antonio Denti, Priamo Tolu, and Pierpaolo Mittica.
Their work will explore different connections between Italy and Morocco, adding a Mediterranean dimension to an edition already centred on the idea of photography as a way to preserve, question, and share history.
A new window to China
Les Rencontres de la Photographie will also open a new chapter with “Regards croisés Chine-Maroc,” a collective exhibition bringing Chinese and Moroccan photographers together.
The exhibition will place their visual perspectives side by side, exploring heritage, contemporary transformations, and the different ways both cultures imagine and document their changing worlds.
Putting new talents in the frame
Beyond its international programming, RPM continues to create space for emerging photographers.
The “Prix Découverte 2026” aims to give greater visibility to young creators and support the next generation of photographic voices.
Since its creation in 2016, the event has grown into a platform for artists and photography lovers to meet around their common passion.
This year, that spirit of exchange stretches from Marrakech to Asia and Europe, giving the red city an even wider place on the contemporary photography map.
For four days, Marrakech will not just display photographs, it will invite visitors to slow down, look closer, and see the world through someone else’s lens.
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