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It’s Paris Photo Week ° November 8–13, 2022

PARIS PHOTO FAIR

November 10–13, 2022. Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris

Paris Photo, the leading international fair dedicated to the photographic medium, is held each November in the heart of Paris. For 25 years, the fair has contributed to the development and support of photographic creation by promoting the work of gallery owners, publishers and artists.

The 25th edition of Paris Photo is organized around 3 sectors bringing together 183 exhibitors from 31 countries. The main sector brings together 134 galleries from 29 countries with 14 new participants. The Curiosa sector, dedicated to emerging artists, brings together 16 galleries from 9 countries with 11 new participants.

And the Book sector brings together 34 publishers and specialized book dealers – including 4 new participants, from 9 countries – offering artist signature sessions. A program of conversations, exhibitions and prizes is offered to visitors allowing them to develop their knowledge of the medium.

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USEFUL INFORMATION FOR PARIS PHOTO

DATE & TIMES
Preview: Wednesday 9 November(upon invitation only)
Thursday 10 November: VIP hours 11am – 1pm
Public hours 1am – 8pm
Friday 11 November: VIP hours 11am – 1pm
Public hours 1am – 8pm
Saturday 12 November: VIP hours 11am – 1pm
Public hours 1am – 8pm
Sunday 13 November: VIP hours 11am – 1pm
Public hours 1am – 7pm
LOCATION: Grand Palais Ephémère, place Joffre, 75007 Paris France
TICKETS: from September online at www.parisphoto.com
ONLINE VIEWING ROOMS (OVR) by Artlogic
November 9 – 13 2022 parisphoto.viewingrooms.com

Paris Photo, the leading international fair dedicated to the photographic medium, returns to the Grand Palais Éphémère in the heart of Paris from November 10 to 13th, 2022. Since 1997, the fair has worked to develop and support photographic creation by promoting the work of gallery owners, publishers and artists.

The 25th edition of Paris Photo is organized around 3 sectors bringing together 183 exhibitors from 31 countries.

In the main sector gathers 134 galleries from 29 countries, including 18 new galleries compared to 2021. The Curiosa sector, dedicated to emerging art, brings together 16 galleries (including 11 new) from 9 countries under the direction of guest curator Holly Roussell.

The book sector gathers 34 publishers (including 4 new) from 9 countries, offering unique editions and avant-premiere book releases with a signature program bringing together the greatest names in photography from all over the world.

The Elles x Paris Photo fair path, orchestrated this year by Federica Chiocchetti promotes the visitbility of women artists and their contribution to the history of photography.

A program of conversations, exhibitions and prizes is offered to visitors allowing them to develop their knowledge of the medium.

Thanks to the lasting engagement and support of BMW and J.P. Morgan Private Bank, official partners, and the fair’s many public and private partners, Paris Photo reaffirms for its 25th edition its role as the most important annual meeting place for photography.

CARTE BLANCHE – STUDENTS 2022, A PLATFORM FOR EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY

Paris Photo, Picto Foundation and SNCF Gares & Connexions join forces for the 6th year to develop a platform for the discovery, exposure and exchanges around young talents. Four student projects, selected from among more than 200 entries, will be presented to the public in an exhibition at Paris Gare de Lyon train station this fall. The laureats will also present their portfolios in a dedicated area at Paris Photo.

The 2022 laureats are:
Alessandra Leta (University of Basel, Switzerland), Jérémie Danon (Beaux-Arts Paris, France), Philip Tsetinis (University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria) and Sumi Anjuman (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, Netherlands).

THE PLATFORM – CONVERSATIONS

Experimental forum: 4 days of conversations with personalities from the world of art and photography. The 2022 program will include conversations on emerging art, led by Holly Roussell, curator of Curiosa; discussions around Elles x Paris Photo organized by Federica Chiocchetti, curator of the Elles x Paris Photo fair path. Further conversations will include new digital practices in photography, the metaverse and NFTs, and a series of conversations led by Alain Quemin with a focus on performance art.

THE PARIS PHOTO – APERTURE FOUNDATION PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK PRIZE

Initiated in November 2012 by the Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography. This year marks the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Awards.

Three awards will be presented on Friday, November 11 at Paris Photo: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photographic Catalogue of the Year. The winner of the category First Book Award will receive a $10,000 prize. Special mention will be given to the winners of the other two categories.

The selection of 35 books will be announced on October 3rd and exhibited at the Fair. The selected books will then be exhibited after Paris Photo in additional venues.

24 SOLO / 14 DUO / 92 GROUP SHOWS

Paris Photo presents 38 solo and duo shows and offers a unique opportunity to immerse oneself in the work of an artist, but also to discover the dialogue which can be created between two artists in the space of the gallery stand. 24 Solo Shows are proposed in the main sector for this 25th edition.

Among them, we find Daniel Gordon with a unique installation at HUXLEY PARLOUR (London), Barbara Probst with a triptych realized during the confinement and her work in 12 parts Exposure #106 at KUCKEI + KUCKEI (Berlin), Boris Mikhaïlov at SUZANNE TARASIEVE (Paris) with an homage to the Ukrainian people in a rarely shown series, Theater of War.

Among the 14 duo shows proposed, ANNE-SARAH BENICHOU gallery (Paris) unveils Corps Lucides, a work in progress by Léonard Bourgeois Baulieu, and a diptych by Laurent Montaron, LUME (São Paulo) presents works by Julio Bittencourt and Mame-Diarra Niang, and at TOBE (Budapest), fi nd a selection of works by Anna Fabricius and Dafna Talmor.

Among the group shows announced, ADN (Barcelona) explores the iconography of disaster and protest, particularly in terms of femininity and mass media;

KARSTEN GREVE (Paris) presents three masters of photography, Eugène Atget, Brassaï and Edward Steichen.

MAGNUM (Paris) celebrates the 75th anniversary of the agency with an exhibition of Magnum artists curated by Martin Parr.

FRAENKEL (San Francisco) brings together a selection of the gallery’s renowned artists, with the introduction of Carrie Mae Weems and her images from her Louisiana Project.

Magnum Photos at Paris Photo

For the 2022 edition of Paris Photo, the Magnum Gallery invited Martin Parr to curate the collective’s booth (F12), offering collectors a rare opportunity to revisit Magnum’s historic archive through Parr’s lens and see the series and individual pieces that he finds fascinating.

The curation includes four works from Bruce Davidson’s work on Welsh miners. In 1965, Davidson, commissioned by Holiday magazine, traveled to Wales to photograph castles. After completing the assignment, like W. Eugene Smith and Robert Frank in the 1950s, Davidson set off to photograph the mines, which were, at the time, starting to close down.

ROSSY DE PALMA
GUEST OF HONOR FOR THE 25TH EDITION

° GRAND PALAIS ÉPHÉMÈRE ° THURSDAY 10 TO SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2022

For the 25th anniversary edition, Paris Photo welcomes actress and multidisciplinary artist Rossy de Palma as guest of honor. Model and muse for many photographers and passionate about photography herself, Rossy de Palma has curated a selection of 25 artworks which visitors will be able to discover throughout the galleries’ booths.

An opportunity for Rossy de Palma to share her personal favorites and her aesthetic universe.

PORTRAIT BY GORKA POSTIGO - PHOTOGRAPHER
PORTRAIT BY GORKA POSTIGO PHOTOGRAPHER<br>Spanish artist Gorka Postigos 2018 photograph for the Spanish edition of Vogue magazine was chosen by the Paris Photo team at the suggestion of Rossy de Palma

PORTRAIT BY GORKA POSTIGO – PHOTOGRAPHER

Illustrating this special collaboration with Paris Photo, Spanish artist Gorka Postigo’s 2018 photograph for the Spanish edition of Vogue magazine was chosen by the Paris Photo team at the suggestion of Rossy de Palma. Gorka Postigo studied architecture between Madrid and Milan. After his formative years, he focused on photography, more specifically on fashion and documentary photography. Evolving in a world of romanticism and weirdness, his portraits play with fantasy, beauty, art history and a touch of the absurd. Both cinematic and graphic, Gorka’s photographs are visually striking and playful.

ROSSY DE PALMA – BIOGRAPHY

Rossy De Palma, an emblematic actress of Spanish cinema, was revealed to the general public by Pedro Almodovar in 1986 in The Law of Desire; with him she starred in Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (1988), Tie me up! (1989), Kika(1993), The Flower of my Secret (1995), Broken Embraces (2009), Julietta (2016), Madres Paralelas (2021)…

Her film career became international in 1990, under the direction of Robert Altman Prêt à Porter (1994), Mike Figgis The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999), Karim Dridi Foul Play (1998), Patrice Leconte Do Not Disturb (2014), Mehdi Charef Graziella (2015), Amanda Sthers Madame (2017), Terry Gillian The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) or more recently Benjamin Millepied Carmen (2022).

A multidisciplinary artist and fashion muse, Rossy de Palma’s rebellious yet endearing personality has seduced many designers in Haute Couture, Music, Photography and the Arts from around the world. From New York to Paris, she is also acclaimed on great stages of Theatre and Opera.

A loyal friend of the Cannes Film Festival, Rossy De Palma was a member of the Official Jury in 2015 under the presidency of Joel and Ethan Cohen and President of the Caméra d’Or in 2022.

Rossy de Palma has inspired renowned photographers, regularly presented at Paris Photo, such as Alberto Garcia Alix, Pierre & Gilles, Richard Avedon, Roxane Lowit, Ouka Leele and of course Gorka Postigo.

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