Elles x Paris Photo

A program dedicated to women photographers, supported by the French Ministry of Culture and Kering

This year, the Elles × Paris Photo exhibition, which showcases the work of women photographers, will be curated by Raphaëlle Stopin, director of the Centre Photographique Rouen Normandie and former artistic director for photography of the Festival de Hyères.

Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, with the support of Kering’s Women in Motion programme, it showcases women in the arts and culture. Elles × Paris Photo has helped to boost the representation of women artists in the fair, which has increased from 20% to 38% since 2018. For the first time this year, with the support of Kering, four galleries are organising group and solo exhibitions devoted to women photographers.

Tee A. Corinne, Untitled, 1965 - Courtesy Webber

The path - Elles x Paris Photo 2024

"Two themes guided my selection of the individual works in the exhibition as well as the four galleries and their artists : on the one hand, the linked silences of history, as outlined by the pioneer of the study of the history of women, Michelle Perrot, underlining the unequal sharing of traces and memory. I was keen to focus on post-war photographers and previous generations, who are often forgotten. On the other hand, I wanted to show the plurality of paths taken by women artists, who have used photography to challenge norms and explore their creation beyond the stereotypes of the intimate. The selection made for the exhibition demonstrate the way in which women artists have also, and very early on, considered photography as a tool for pure plastic research and experimentation, testifying to an equally strong commitment to their creation. The strong presence of artists under the age of 40 in the exhibition, and the wide range of their approaches, testify to the vitality of this creative field, far removed from any gender bias. “I want to be able to write about men, women, ants, whatever I want”, said Lebanese writer Hanan El-Cheikh recently. A female visual artist should be able to aspire to the same freedom. When all is said and done, it is about nothing more than being simply considered an artist."

Raphaëlle Stopin - Elles x Paris Photo curator

The artist of 2024 Elles x Paris Photo path

Alina Frieske — Fabienne Levy

Andrea Gruetzner — Robert Morat

Aurora Király — Anca Poterasu

Awoiska Van Der Molen — Flat // Land

Barbara Crane — La Galerie Rouge

Bérangère Fromont — Bacqueville

Camille Vivier— Madé

Carmen Calvo — Luis Adelantado

Carmen Winant — La Patinoire Royale Bach

Claudia Andujar — Vermelho

Deborah Turbeville — Christophe Gaillard

Dora Maurer — Kodoji Press

Frida Orupabo — Stevenson

Gabriele Stötzer — Monopol

Guenaelle De Carbonières — Binome

Haji Oh — This Is No Fantasy

Hanako Murakami — Jean-Kenta Gauthier

Hélène Amouzou — Carole Kvasnevski

Hisae Imai — PGI & The Third Gallery Aya

Isabelle Wenzel — Bart

Jan Groover — Klemm’s

Kim Boske — Flat // Land

Lebohang Kganye — La Patinoire Royale Bach

Leonora Vicuna — Toluca

Letizia Battaglia — Alberto Damian

Livia Melzi — Salon H

Lois Conner — L’artiere

Lore Stessel — Les Filles Du Calvaire

Lorraine O’Grady — Mariane Ibrahim

Lucile Boiron — Hors-Cadre

Mari Katayama — Suzanne Tarasieve

Maria Chambefort — Photo Discovery / Bruno Tartarin

Meichi Wu — Each Modern

Michiko Kon — PGI & The Third Gallery Aya

Ngadi Smart — Loose Joints

Nolwenn Brod — Vu’

Pilar Aymerich — Rociosantacruz

Popel Coumou —Torch

Sabiha Çimen — Loock

Sama Alshaibi — Esther Woerdehoff

Tee A. Corinne — Webber

Valérie Belin — Nathalie Obadia

Xiaoxiao Xu — Madé Van Krimpen

Zofia Rydet — Raster

List of 4 selected galleries

4 galleries received financial support from Kering to participate to Paris Photo.

Carla Williams | Susan Lipper | Janice Guy | Sheila Pinkel — Higher Pictures, New York

Lisetta Carmi — Martini & Ronchetti, Gênes

Elisa Montessori — Monitor, Rome

Aglaia Konrad — Nadja Vilenne, Liège

Portrait of Raphaëlle Stopin - Crédits: Julien T. Hamon

Curator of the 2024 edition - Raphaëlle Stopin

Raphaëlle Stopin (1978, France) is a curator, art historian and writer.

Director of the Centre photographique Rouen Normandie, her wide-ranging program reflects the specificities of photography, between art and media. She brings together experimental practices and media uses, contemporary and historical figures, each working to develop unique narratives of the world.

In this context, she also develops artistic grants and residencies to support creation, production, and career development. In 2022, she designed the Frutescens program for young photographers on the French scene, as part of the European photography platform FUTURES, of which the Centre photographique Rouen Normandie is the French member. She was also a member of the jury for the Carte Blanche student prize at Paris Photo 2021.

From 2003 to 2020, she collaborated with the Villa Noailles as artistic director of the photography competition at the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie in Hyères, showcasing both emerging and established photographers.

As a specialist of William Klein's work, she has curated five retrospectives of the artist and a monographic exhibition dedicated to Polly Maggoo, among others. She is also the secretary of Diagonal, a national network of photography venues.