Sigma
Who are we?
Founded in 1961 by Michihiro Yamaki, Sigma is a Japanese company specializing in the manufacture of lenses and cameras. Still independent and family-owned, it is now led by his son, Kazuto Yamaki, who continues a philosophy centered on quality, innovation, and artisanal excellence.
All production takes place in Japan. The headquarters are located in Kanagawa, and the company’s sole manufacturing facility is based in Aizu, in Fukushima Prefecture. Since 1973, this site has brought together every stage of development: optical engineering, assembly, quality control, as well as component manufacturing and sourcing. This integrated structure ensures technical consistency, responsiveness, and a high level of precision.
Rooted in the Tohoku region, Sigma maintains deep ties with the local community. This connection contributes to the development of regional expertise and supports the continuous transmission of skills at the heart of its industrial process.
Each lens, camera, and accessory is designed to meet the highest standards. For over sixty years, Sigma has supported photographers and filmmakers around the world by providing reliable, high-performance, and durable tools.
The brand promotes a vision of photography as a free, personal, and universal form of expression. Through its products, it seeks to give everyone the means to convey their vision of the world with accuracy, subtlety, and creativity.
Why support the festival?
Partnering with La Gacilly and supporting this initiative is a natural choice for Sigma, as we share with the festival a deep attachment to place and to the people who live there. Just as the festival draws its strength and uniqueness from its Breton roots and its connection to nature, Sigma derives its expertise and distinctiveness from the Aizu valley, at the foot of the Japanese mountains. This respect for place, the environment, and the communities that inhabit it lies at the heart of our manufacturing process and our approach as a family-run company.
For over sixty years, Sigma has been committed to providing photographers with high-precision tools to express their vision of the world. Being a partner of the festival is also an extension of this commitment: enabling these perspectives to be shared, understood, and experienced by a wide audience, in a dialogue between art, the public, and the environment.
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ADAGP
Founded in 1953, ADAGP is a French copyright collection and distribution society. It operates in the field of visual arts.
With a global network of 56 sister societies, it now represents more than 260,000 artists in all disciplines: painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, comics, manga, illustration, street art, digital creation, video art, etc.
In addition, ADAGP encourages the arts scene by initiating and financially supporting projects that stimulate and promote creativity, and by promoting it nationally and internationally.
