Paris Photo also continues its commitment to women in photography with Elles x Paris Photo, a program initiated in 2019 in partnership with the French Ministry of Culture and supported by Women In Motion, a Kering program that shines a light on the talent of women artists and their contribution to the history of photography.
ELLES x PARIS PHOTO
To survive the contemporary art jungle, I try to imbue my curatorial practice with shamanic and liberating strategies. Oftentimes literature is the place where my associations of ideas begin to shape the scaffolding of a project.
For this edition of Elles x Paris Photo, I landed on the territory of the OuLiPo, the legendary Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, whose members, a mixture of writers and mathematicians, compose works using constrained writing techniques as a means of triggering inspiration. I decided to extend the selection to the book sector, because for a woman it seems easier to publish a book than to be represented by a gallery, which means that there is still work to do in the photography market.
The title Women In Motion reminded me of the importance of legs, as they enable movement through walking. In the old Neapolitan board game La Tombola, inspired by the tradition of La Smorfia (grimace), in which dreams are analyzed and converted into numbers to play in a lotto, the number 77 corresponds to “women’s legs”, as if they should all be long and thin. The number 77 is also associated with none other than the devil in La Smorfia.
I hope, dear visitors, that you will enjoy navigating the fair to discover the 77 artists presented here all together in a purely visual sequence. If possible, keep a vigilant eye and be suspicious of numbers, words and above all images… See you next time in a post-quota society!
Federica Chiocchetti
2022 SELECTION
Adriana Lestido
Alice Wong
Anaïs Horn
Anne Morgenstern
Anne Rearick
Berenice Abbott
Bertha E. Jaques
Cami Stone
Camille Gharbi
Candida Höfer
Carla Liesching
Carrie Mae Weems
Chen Xiaoyi
Diane Arbus
Donata Wenders
Dóra Maurer
Doris Ulmann
Elaine Mayes
Elke Tangeten
Elo Vega
Ergy Landau
Erica Baum
Evelyn Richter
Gabby Laurent
Gabriele Stötzer
Gemma Pepper
Graciela Iturbide
Hannah Collins
Helena Almeida
Imogen Cunningham
Jill Freedman
Joanna Piotrowska
Johanna Calle
Judith Black
Julie Hascoët
Jungjin Lee
Justine Kurland
Kata Geibl
Kathleen Alisch
Laure Albin-Guillot
Letizia Battaglia
Lise Sarfati
Margaret Bourke-White
Marge Monko
Marina Abramović
Marina Gadonneix
Marinella Senatore
Miho Kajioka
Milagros de la Torre
Milja Laurila
Mimi Plumb
Ming Smith
Minna Keene
Moe Suzuki
Nan Goldin
Nancy Rexroth
Nathalie Boutté
Nazli Abbaspour
Nelli Palomaki
Nina Katchadourian
Nona Faustine
Patricia Lagarde
Rinko Kawauchi
Senta Simond
Silvia Rosi
Simone Kappeler
Sophal Neak
Sophie Calle
Stephanie Solinas
Stephanie Syjuco
Susan Hiller
Tarrah Krajnak
Tina Modotti
Wei Zihan
Wendy Red star
Zanele Muholi
Zeynep Kayan
DISCOVER THE ARTWORKS
Adriana Lestido, Madre e Hija de Plaza de Mayo [Mother and daughter from Plaza de Mayo], 1982, Rolf Art Gallery, B19
Anne Morgenstern, MACHT LIEBE, 2022, Hartmann, SE28
Bertha E. Jaques, Ground Pine, Bertha E. Jaques,HANS.P.KRAUS D14
Candida Höfer, Bibliothèque Mazarine Paris, 2007, Galerie Thomas Zander, A10
Chen Xiaoyi, Crystalloid: Minstrel, 2021, A Thousand Plateaus, SC1
Dóra Maurer, Photogram, 1979, Vintage Galéria, C6
Elke Tangeten, Sans titre, 2019, SAGE, C29
Erica Baum, Arms Folded, KLEMM'S, D24
Angebunden, Gabriele Stötzer, 1984, LOOCK, A11
Hannah Collins, The Plate Spinner, 1989, JOAN PRATS, F5
Helena Almeida, Dentro de mi, 1980, Filomena Soares, E10
Judith Black, My sister and new baby, Seattle WA March 1986. From Vacation, STANLEY/BARKER, SE27
Justine Kurlant, HCB Early Work Collage, 2022, Luisotti, A7
Laure Albin-Guillot: Magnolia, 1930 Vintage Works, B24
Margaret Bourke-White, Backstage – Burlesque Chorus Girls, 1936, Daniel Blau B14
Marina Gadonneix, Sans titre (Augure)#8, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, B8
Milagros de la Torre, Under the Black Sun, 1991-1993, Toluca, D22
Ming Smith, American, Amen Corner Sisters, New York City, NY, 1976 / 2019, JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, H2
Nan Goldin (b.1953),Gina at Bruce dinner party, 1991, SOPHIE SCHEIDECKER, C8
Nazli Abbaspour, Reincarnation, 2019, Silk Road gallery , F2
Nona Faustine, White Shoes, 2021, MACK, SE17
Senta Simond, Weber, A3
Sophie Calle – Ma mère, mon chat, mon père / My mother, my cat, my father – 2017
B22 Fraenkel
Tarrah Krajnak, Self Portrait as Building with Child Prostitute,1979, Galerie Thomas Zander, A10
Wendy Red Star, Indian Woman Standing, from the series Indian Woman, 2005, Aperture, SE13
Alice Wong, Untitled, 2017, TBW, SE19
Anne Rearick, Sisters, 1998, Clémentine de la Ferronnière, C32
Cami Stone, Double portrait, 1930, Gilles Peyroulet & Cie, D19
Carla Liesching, Good Hope, 2021, MACK, SE17
Donata Wenders, In The Snow II, Allgäu, 2010, POLKA, B1
Doris Ulmann, Church group in white robes, 1920, HANS.P.KRAUS, D14
Elo Vega, FILO ROSSO 3, Series: Filo Rosso, 2021, JUANA DE AIZPURU, B11
Evelyn Richter, Garden in the Central Music School, Moscow, 1968, Spector, SE26
Gemma Pepper, Jung Frau Joch, 2022, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, E16
Imogen Cunningham: Unmade Bed, 1957, Vintage Works, B24
Joanna Piotrowska, Untitled, 2015 - 2020, Galerie Thomas Zander, A10
Julie Hascoët, extraite du livre « Entrer en matière », collection Terre et territoires, Filigranes Editions/Zone i, Filigranes, SE21
Kathleen Alisch, atlas of void, 2022, L'ARTIERE, SE2
Letizia Battaglia, Triplice omicidio in piazza sant’oliva - Palermo, 1982, Alberto Damian, C28
Marge Monko. Untitled Photograms (2014-21), Hestia, E22
Marinella Senatore, Bodies in Alliance / Politics of the street IV, 2019, ADN Galeria, B17
Milja Laurila, Untitled Woman XIII, 2022, PERSONS PROJECTS, C24
Minna Keene Untitled, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1908 Stephen Bulger Gallery F11
Nathalie Boutté, Emotion #1, 2022, MAGNIN-A, B7
Nelli Palomäki, Date missing (the failed picture), 2020, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, C16
Patricia Lagarde, Dirigible No. 7, 2014, Patricia Conde, A32
Sivlia Rosi, Election Box, 2012, NCONTEMPORARY, SC12
Stéphanie Solinas, Le soleil ni la mort - Twilight#04, 2022, Delpire, SE16
Susan Hiller, Untitled (1984) DETAIL,From The Photomat Portrait Series, 1984, England and Co, D8
Tina Modotti, Melli's Typewriter, 1928, Edwynn Houk, C15
Anaïs Horn, Reines de France et Femmes illustres (Marguerite d’Anjou, Reine d’Angleterre), 2021, MLZ ART DEP, SC14
Berenice Abbott, Happy's Refreshment Stand with two men, Florida, 1954, Les Douches la Galerie, F08
Camille Gharbi, Les monstres n'existent pas, explosion,2019-2022, The eyes, SE18
Carrie Mae Weems, Missing Link (Justice), from The Louisiana Project, 2003, Fraenkel Gallery, B22
Elaine Mayes, Couple with Child, Golden Gate Park, August 1968 , Damiani, SE14
Marché aux oiseaux, quai de la Mégisserie, Paris, 1948, Éditions le Bec en l’air, SE6
Gabby Laurent, Wearables 1, 2022, Flowers Gallery, SE31
Graciela Iturbide, Magnolia, Juchitán, Mexique, 1987, Toluca, D22
Jill Freedman,Untitled [Man on phone with Trust on office wall], circa 1976, Stephen Bulger Gallery, F11
Johanna Calle, Ignotae XX, 2022, Toluca, D22
Lee Jungjin, Voice #02, 2019, CAMERA OBSCURA, B33
Kata Geibl, Untitled, from the series 'The Future is a Faded Song', 2022, KAUNAS PHOTOGRAPHY, SE22
Lise Sarfati, Anthony, Los Angeles , 2012, Les Filles du calvaire, C16
Marina ABRAMOVIĆ The Kitchen VIII, 2009, Wilde, C18
Miho Kajioka - #0016, 2016, iBASHO, F19
Mimi Plumb, Lamp, Brewster Street Fire, 1985, Robert Koch, E2
Moe Suzuki, Untitled, 2019, Chose Commune, SE34
Nancy Rexroth, A Woman's Bed, Logan, Ohio, 1970, Peter Fetterman Gallery, E7
Nina Katchadourian, Plant #7, 2022, Catharine Clark Gallery, B31
Rinko Kawauchi, Des Oiseaux, 2021, Atelier EXB, SE9
Simone Kappeler, Nussbaumersee, 24.7.2007, Bildhalle, F13
Sophal Neak, Hang On #10, 2013, Les Douches la Galerie, F08
Stephanie Syjuco, Afterimages (Deflection of Vision), 2021, Catharine Clark Gallery, B31
Wei Zihan, The Taste of Emotion, 2022, Bookshop M, SE32
Zeynep Kayan, from the series one one two one two three: poolnet, 2021, Zilberman, D2
Zanele Muholi, Mihla III, Port Edward, 2020, Yancey Richardson, B25