Paris Photo, the leading international fair for the photography market
About
For more than 25 years, Paris Photo, the leading international fair dedicated to photography and image-based art, has been accompanying galleries and publishers, together with their artists, in the art market. It has served as a leading platform for over 25 years for the exploration of the medium.
Celebrating its 28th anniversary in 2025, Paris Photo continues to foster a powerful dialogue between historic works and contemporary practices. Featuring more than 200 galleries and 45 publishers, Paris Photo offers a rich programme that spans five sectors: Main, Emergence, Digital, Voices and Book. In 2024, Paris Photo welcomed over 80,000 visitors, including 1,700 artists and 400 book signings, 7,000 collectors and VIP, 245 exhibitors from more than 30 different countries, and representatives from 200 international museums & institutions.
Next edition: November 13–16, 2025.
1997
The first edition of Paris Photo at the Carrousel du Louvre was launched by Rik Gadella and welcomed sixty internationally renowned galleries and art publishers from over twelve countries.
2011
Paris Photo moves to the historic Grand Palais. An ambitious public program is launched including special exhibitions and the Conversation series.
2012
Paris Photo has created the Paris Photo-Aperture Book Awards in collaboration with the Aperture Foundation. The Book Prize celebrate the contribution of the book to the history of photography. Three prizes are awarded at the fair: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photographic Catalogue of the Year. Today, the awards are recognized as an important reference for artists and publishers across the world.
2013
Paris Photo crosses the Atlantic to Los Angeles’ legendary Paramount Pictures Studios for three important editions from 2013 to 2015.
2015
In 2015, Paris Photo introduces Prismes, presenting a selection of exceptional projects, large formats, series and large-scale installations.
2018
Initially called Curiosa, Emergence sector supports young international galleries and artists with an attractive offer since 2018. Showcasing solo artists’ shows centred on a specific project, galleries show a new project or one that is presented by a young gallery.
Curators: Martha Kirzenbaum (2018), Osei Bonsu (2019), Shoair Mavlian (2021), Holly Roussel (2022), Anna Planas (2023-2024)
Same year, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture was created the Elles x Paris Photo programme which highlights the work of women photographers. Since it was created in 2018, Elles x Paris Photo has helped increase the representation of women in the fair, which has gone from 20% to 38% of artists presented. Created within the fair, a curated path is devised by an invited curator.
Elles x Paris Photo curators: Fannie Escoulen (2018), Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska (2019), Nathalie Hershdorfer (2021), Federica Chiocchetti (2022), Fiona Rogers (2023), Raphaëlle Stopin (2024)
2021-2023
Paris Photo was temporarily relocated to the Palais Éphémère between 2021 and 2023 due to renovation work at Grand Palais.
2023
In 2023, Paris Photo was the first European art fair to dedicate a section of its program to the digital. Curated by Nina Roehrs, a specialist in digital art, the sector showcases a selection of contemporary art galleries and curated platforms at the forefront of new technologies, presenting artists who integrate digital realities into their work.
2024
In 2024, Paris Photo returns to the Grand Palais, after a restoration of unprecedented scale. The fair has returned to its iconic space, now expanded to over 21,000 square meters, offering an even more immersive and prestigious experience for photography enthusiasts from around the world.
On this occasion, the Voices sector was launched inviting renowned curators to create a proposal centred on contemporary themes in order to spotlight an artistic scene or the use of a particular medium in a shared space.
Curators:
2024: Azu Nwagbogu, Sonia Voss et Elena Navarro
2025: Devika Singh & Nadine Wietlisbach
Last editions
Paris 2024
Paris 2023
Paris 2022
Paris 2019
Paris 2018
Paris 2017
Paris 2016
Paris 2015
Los Angeles 2015
Paris 2014
Los Angeles 2014
Paris 2013
Los Angeles 2013
Paris 2012
Paris 2011
Paris 2010
Paris 2009
Paris 2008
Paris 2007
London 2007
Paris 2006
Paris 2005
Paris 2004
Paris 2003
Paris 2002
Paris 2001
Paris 2000
Paris 1999
Paris 1998
Paris 1998