From tearful scenes in war-torn Ukraine to the photo diaries of immigrants making treacherous journeys, French agency MYOP have spent two decades taking the pulse of our era

Main image: Chest in show … Buried Treasure by Ed Alcock. Photograph: Ed Alcock/MYOP

Thu 10 Jul 2025 08.00 CEST

The Eldorado Does Not Exist (series), Mongolia, 2012

As the French photo agency MYOP celebrates its 20th anniversary, an exhibition at this year’s Rencontres d’Arles tells its story. Mes Yeux Objets Patients: MYOP, 20 Years of a Moving History is at Les Rencontres d’Arles from 7 July until 5 October