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The madness starts this morning! 8 photo festivals open in the French capital, two or three hundred exhibitions are to be seen, almost the entire Who's Who from the world of photography is in Paris. Here are the 8 programs. Jean-Jacques Naudet

Since its creation in 1997, Paris Photo has been a key event in the parisian cultural scene. Each year it brings together the most renowned international galleries and publishers of contemporary and modern photography. The fair reinforces Paris position as a cultural capital through high-quality exhibitions, carefully curated programming, solid institutional partnerships, and engaging public artistic initiatives. For its 27th edition Paris Photo is back at the Grand Palais, explore…

Photo Doc. The salon of new approaches in documentary photography is held from November 4th to 7th at the Hôtel de l'Industrie. With 22 major projects, a new concept, a new location, new dates and one ambition: transmission. Agence Webistan – Reza’s solo exhibition Marfa JGM Galerie – Solo exhibition by Gustavo Urruty Bonne Espérance Gallery – Jürgen Schadeberg and Juhan Kuus and Sinalo Ngcaba Galerie Huit Arles – James…

Since 2020, Photo Days invites you to a unique photographic trip in Paris and its region. During the month of November, each year, Photo Days brings together museums, cultural institutions, galleries, foundations, fairs and festivals to introduce amateurs and the curious to the extent of global photographic production. But the main ambition of Photo Days is to discover exceptional places through unique works created custom made by little or unknown…

This 8th edition of a ppr oc he, the salon dedicated to the experimentation of the image, highlights 15 personal exhibitions by French and international artists, offering a wide range of artistic practices around images. The themes of memory and identity, recurring among contemporary artists, are particularly highlighted. In collaboration with Ikigai Labs, the show is introducing a ppr oc he extended, a virtual extension from November 15 to 17,…

The Réseau L U X  association is a professional network of photography festivals and fairs across France. 23 members make up this network, including the Circulation(s) festival, dedicated to young European photography. From Wednesday November 6th to Sunday December 8th, 2024, don't miss the very first edition Réseau L U X #1 : all the members of the network join forces to create a unique event, in an unusual and…

The program for this 11th edition of Polycopies will bring together, for 5 days, the actors and makers of photo books: publishers, photographers, authors, collectors, art schools, institutions and international cultural centers. The extension on the Banks of the Seine makes it possible to once again offer a rich program of events, free portfolio readings, round tables and meetings with, this year, two major focuses: The art of the photo…

For the first time Private Choice devotes an edition to photography in an historical home in the heart of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, rue Paul Valery. From November 6th to 11th, this private house offers the opportunity to discover and acquire photographs exhibited among contemporary furniture. This place will house on its three floors the photographs and contemporary design pieces of more than 20 photographers and designers of mixed…

Photo Discovery the Fair! becomes 24.39 24.39, a key event during the Paris-Photo fair, is a Parisian vintage photography fair that brings together dealers, gallery owners, collectors and international experts every year. 24.39 boasts vintage prints spanning from the very beginnings of photography in 1839 to the end of the twentieth century. The fair offers a broad selection of works to discover - both eclectic and varied, sometimes little known,…

Stefano De Luigi : Perspectives Italian photographer Stefano De Luigi is renowned for his engaged documentary and photojournalistic projects. Through his images, he explores a range of themes, such as the influence of Italian television on society in Telecracy, a project that analyzes the rise of Silvio Berlusconi and his impact on Italian culture. In this work, he critiques the superficiality and cultural decline encouraged by television since the 1980s, which…

The Musée Cernuschi exhibits Vanishing Existence by Kosuke Okahara. He writes : I was 27 years old, and my journey as a photographer was just beginning. Although I had learned the technical aspects, I hadn’t yet found a way to express myself in a manner that felt meaningful to me. One day, a close friend, a drinking buddy from school who worked part-time as a researcher and volunteered in remote…

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s exhibition at the Hélène & Édouard Leclerc Fund in Landerneau is sublime. Our collaborator Jean-Jacques Ader saw it and took the opportunity to do this interview of Michel-Édouard Leclerc. An unprecedented event in this Brittany where the earth ends, and the first exhibition of photographs from the Hélène and Édouard Leclerc de Landerneau Fund, associated with the Cartier-Bresson Foundation directed by Clément Chéroux. A foundation dedicated to modern…

The New Cubans, the new book by Jean-François Bouchard will be presented by André Frère Éditions during Paris Photo and exhibited until December 20th at the Galerie Blouin Division in Montreal. It is accompanied by these words. The New Cubans is an intimate, visual journey through Cuba's vibrant yet little-known subcultures where, thanks to increased internet access and social liberalization, alternative youth communities are exploring gender diversity and personal expression…

Robert Mann Gallery comes back to Chelsea, the vibrant art community where they first relocated to in 1999. For the inaugural exhibition in their new gallery space, and in celebration of their 25+ year relationship with artist Jeff Brouws, Robert Mann Gallery presents Jeff Brouws: Just About Everything, Someplace Else, on view until December 6, 2024. This exhibition showcases a selection of Brouws’s iconic photographs alongside several previously unseen works.…

Published by Note Note Éditions, Folio takes us back to the decade that saw Viviane Sassen's emergence as a photographer: the 1990s. The images of Folio were taken in the mid-1990s, just when Viviane Sassen was turning to photography after studying fashion. From the start, the Dutch artist envisioned this collection as a book, which she assembled herself using photocopies from a large Xerox printer. It remained a project ……