For its 27th edition, Paris Photo returns to the Grand Palais with a programme that celebrates the diversity of photography, combining big names and dialogues between historic and contemporary works.
Paris Photo 2024 features an experimental approach, with artists exploring new techniques such as Caroline Corbasson and Alina Frieske in the Digital sector. An exhibition of Lithuanian photography, drawn from the collections of the BnF, the Centre Pompidou and the Lithuanian Union of Photographers, covers the Soviet era right up to the present day.
A meeting of international photography trends
The 2024 edition of the fair brings together 147 international galleries in the Main sector, with 32 solo exhibitions, 18 duo shows, 89 group exhibitions, and 7 Prismes projects. The event explores the photographic medium from both historical and contemporary angles, questioning the limits of the image. This year, new galleries from Latin America, such as RGR (Mexico) and Vermelho (São Paulo), join the fair alongside notable returnees such as Taka Ishii (Tokyo) and Mariane Ibrahim (Paris, Chicago, Mexico).
Major international galleries, including Fraenkel (San Francisco), Yancey Richardson (New York), Gagosian, and European names such as Karsten Grève (Cologne, Paris) will be present. 2024 also marks the centenary of Robert Frank, with works presented by Pace, Thomas Zander and Steidl, and that of Surrealism, illustrated by works by Man Ray and other artists in tribute.
New perspectives on photography
Among the highlights of this year’s Paris Photo: the Voices section, curated by Elena Navarro, Azu Nwagbogu and Sonia Voss, introduces new perspectives. 2024 also marks the centenaries of Surrealism and Robert Frank, with new exhibitions designed by Jim Jarmusch and tributes to Frank. The Prisms sector features monumental works, while the focus is on human connections through works on intimacy and identity, notably with Boris Mikhailov and Tee A. Corinne.
With 240 exhibitors from 34 countries, including 147 galleries, and a strengthening of the Digital sector, Paris Photo is also putting the spotlight on the women’s scene with the Elles × Paris Photo trail, designed by Raphaëlle Stopin to support the representation of women in photography. Initiatives for young people, a bookshop and meetings round off the event, accompanied by the À Paris Pendant Paris Photo programme, which promotes the city’s cultural and photographic scene.
Dialogue and hindsight
Prismes projects include landmark series such as August Sander’s People from the Twentieth Century, presented by Julian Sander (Cologne), and Anton Kusters’ Blue Skies, exploring the memory of the Nazi camps, exhibited by Ibasho (Antwerp). Fraenkel is presenting a series of exhibitions by Hiroshi Sugimoto and William Wegman, while projects revolving around nature and intimacy can be seen with works by Mark Ruwedell and Lorraine O’grady.
The duo shows feature intergenerational dialogues, with Boris Mikhailov and Mari Katayama (Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris) and Aneta Grzeszykowska and Zofia Rydet (Raster, Warsaw).
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