Held from November 6th to 30th 2025 in the heart of Paris, in the emblematic Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés neighborhood, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival dedicated to promoting photographic creation, directed by Aurélia Marcadier. PhotoSaintGermain offers a free, open‑access trail of exhibitions across a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries and bookshops on the Left Bank. The event showcases a rich and eclectic program devised by the participating galleries, along with several original exhibitions and new projects imagined and produced by the festival.
By offering such a varied photographic itinerary, the festival has become a flagship event of November in Paris.
Echoing these exhibitions, and with the desire to give voice to those who make and think photography today, PhotoSaintGermain also proposes an associated program of talks, screenings, book signings and studio visits that brings together artists, heads of public collections, collectors, publishers, graphic designers, booksellers, critics and curators.
New productions and co‑productions by PhotoSaintGermain
In addition to the exhibitions presented by partner galleries and institutions, the festival also unveils exclusive exhibitions and original projects. PhotoSaintGermain here presents a selection of this year’s new productions and co‑productions:
Museum of the History of Medicine, Université Paris Cité
The exhibition reveals the Etienne‑Jules Marey holdings, the inventor, scientist and pioneer of studies based on chronophotographic images…
Maison d’Auguste Comte
The Maison d’Auguste Comte and the festival present photographer Emilio Azevedo and his project Rondônia. Combining photography and military archives, this project — in the footsteps of Marshal Rondon — examines the ways in which rational, linear structures have shaped — and continue to shape — the Amazonian landscape.
Eugène Delacroix Museum
Through a delicate approach to light and color, Terri Weifenbach explores Parisian gardens with a painterly attention, inviting to a silent immersion into the intimacy of the living world.
With the support of Éditions Louis Vuitton.
École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris‑Malaquais – PSL
In dialogue with the photographic research conducted by students at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris‑Malaquais – PSL, Marion Poussier’s photographs from the series “On est là” focus on the inhabitants of Seine‑Saint‑Denis, paying close attention to the details, attitudes, gestures and postures that define the uniqueness of each individual and their relationship with space.
La Louisiane ROOM SERVICE
The 4th edition of the ROOM SERVICE project at the Hôtel La Louisiane. Over four days, you will be able to discover the rooms on the hotel’s 3rd floor taken over by around ten artists around the themes of jet lag and shift!
Institut des Jeunes Aveugles
The Institut des Jeunes Aveugles hosts the project by Sixtine de Thé, carried out in collaboration with blind and visually impaired people. After being photographed, they were invited in turn to create a tactile image by engraving directly onto large‑format film.
Galerie du Crous × Cnap
A new exhibition in partnership with the Centre national des arts plastiques at the Galerie du Crous, presenting the work of a selection of recipients of the documentary grant.
What’s new for the 14th edition
New partners
The festival is delighted to count on new supporters: the Jan Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature and Éditions Louis Vuitton.
New venues
As every year, this new edition brings new collaborations with photo exhibitions or events that join the festival program:
- Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles
- L’accolade
- Galerie Art Absolument
- CRAVAN
- Galerie Callot / École nationale supérieure d’architecture Paris‑Malaquais – PSL
Events
For the first time, CRAVAN, the cocktail house located at 165 boulevard Saint‑Germain, and PhotoSaintGermain join forces with A women’s Art association to inaugurate a series of talks, Elles font l’art.
PhotoSaintGermain will also offer series of conversations around the 2025 program, and with our partners (Polycopies, Rubis Mécénat, and others…)
Practical information
PhotoSaintGermain
6–30 November 2025
Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés
75006 Paris
www.photosaintgermain.com
