When Paris Photo opens its doors at the Grand Palais this week (November 13–16, 2025), the world’s most significant photography fair will once again transform the monumental nave into a living portrait of the medium—past, present, and future. For its 28th edition, the fair brings together 222 exhibitors from 33 countries, including 179 galleries and 43 publishers, with 60 newcomers joining its ranks. From historical masters to cutting-edge digital innovators, the 2025 edition highlights photography’s enduring power to capture, question, and reinvent the image.
A Revitalized Grand Palais and Global Vision
Paris Photo 2024, Grégoire Grange.
Paris Photo 2024, Grégoire Grange.
Under the direction of Florence Bourgeois and artistic director Anna Planas, Paris Photo reaffirms its international reach and curatorial ambition. This year’s reimagined floor plan creates a more fluid dialogue across its five sectors—Principal, Voices, Digital, Émergence, and Éditions—each representing a different vantage point of contemporary image-making.
“We wanted to create a parcours that speaks through rhythm and connection,” says Bourgeois. “From Prismes’ monumental installations to the intimate discoveries upstairs in Émergence, the fair becomes a continuous conversation between eras and forms.”
Highlights: From Ristelhueber to Rødland
Marleen Sleeuwits, Presentation at Fotomuseum Den Haag, 2025, Courtesy of artist & Galerie Bart.
The Principal Sector, with 138 international galleries, will feature solo presentations of artists like Claudia Andujar (Galeria Vermelho), Sally Mann (Jackson Fine Art), Ming Smith (M77), and Paul Kooiker (tegenboschvanvreden). Major installations include Sophie Ristelhueber’s 36-meter wall piece, presented by Galerie Poggi, winner of the 2025 Hasselblad Award, and Adrian Sauer’s Truth Table with Klemm’s, curated by Florian Ebner.
“We wanted to create a parcours that speaks through rhythm and connection,”
Florence Bourgeois
The Prismes section opens with Marisa González’s Thermofax (1975–77) at Isabel Hurley Gallery—shown in France for the first time after its debut at Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofía.
Voices: Landscapes and Kinship
Torbjørn Rødland, “Home Song,” 2020-25, Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Eva Presenhuber.
After its acclaimed debut in 2024, Voices returns as the conceptual heart of the fair. Curated by Devika Singh (The Courtauld) and Nadine Wietlisbach (Fotomuseum Winterthur), the dual exhibition unfolds around two poetic themes: “Landscapes” and “Ambiguous Kinship.”
Singh’s section presents layered explorations of territory through artists like Gauri Gill, Daniele Genadry, and Mohammad Ghazali, while Wietlisbach’s counterpart reflects on familial and emotional ties through works by Rinko Kawauchi, Torbjørn Rødland, and Felipe Romero Beltrán.
Together, these curatorial approaches capture the pulse of contemporary photography—where identity, memory, and landscape converge in fluid and often fragmentary forms.
Digital Realities and Hybrid Futures
Now in its third year, the Digital Sector—curated by Nina Roehrs—examines how artists engage with data, AI, and virtual worlds. Highlights include Kevin Abosch’s UPGRADE 01 (TAEX), new NFT-driven works by Anna Ridler and Martha Rosler (Nagel Draxler), and Cole Sternberg’s installation A Garden, presented in collaboration with Giga (UNICEF–ITU)—a poetic reflection on connectivity and access to knowledge in the digital age.
Emerging Voices and New Geographies
Bérangère Fromont, “République,” 2024, Courtesy of the artist & Galerie Bacqueville.
András Ladocsi, “Beach,” 2023, Courtesy of artist & Galerie Obsession.
On the upper balconies, Émergence introduces 20 solo presentations spanning nine countries, spotlighting new talent such as Mia Weiner (Homecoming, Amsterdam), András Ladocsi (Obsession, Paris), Atong Atem (MARS, Melbourne), and Camila Falquez (Hannah Traore, New York). French artist Marine Lanier, represented by Espace Jörg Brockmann, receives this year’s Maison Ruinart Prize for Alchimia, a luminous meditation on nature and time.
The Printed Page: Editions and Book Talks
Man Ray, “Another Spring,” 1961, Courtesy of artist & Bruce Silverstein Gallery.
Irving Penn, “Molyneux Pocket Detail (B),” 1950, Courtesy of artist & Pace Gallery.
A vital force at Paris Photo, the Éditions Sector brings together 43 publishers from 17 countries—including newcomers Witty Books and Art Paper Editions. Expect more than 400 book signings and the inaugural Book Talks series developed with Printed Matter, featuring conversations with artists and editors like Carmen Winant, Sophie Ristelhueber, and Martine Gutierrez.
“The fair becomes a continuous conversation between eras and forms,”
Florence Bourgeois
Meanwhile, the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation Book Awards continue to honor excellence across three categories: First Book, PhotoBook of the Year, and Exhibition Catalogue of the Year.
Elles × Paris Photo and The Last Photo
Peter Hujar, “Richard Shoes,” 1981, Courtesy of artist & Fraenkel Gallery.
The pioneering Elles × Paris Photo initiative, curated this year by Devrim Bayar of the future KANAL–Centre Pompidou, spotlights women photographers exploring the relationship between body and environment. Since its launch in 2018, this program has doubled female representation at the fair—from 20% to 39% in 2025.
A major curatorial highlight is “The Last Photo”, a landmark exhibition of Estrellita B. Brodsky’s private collection of Latin American photography, curated by José Esparza Chong Cuy and Marie Perennès. Bringing together over 60 works from Diane Arbus, Rosângela Rennó, Paz Errázuriz, Vik Muniz, and Regina José Galindo, the show reflects on the instability of the image in the digital age—where every photograph is both eternal and ephemeral.
What Not to Miss
Sabiha Çimen, “A female bather having a nap on the hot marble of Cağaloğlu Hamam,” 2020, Courtesy of the artist & LOOCK.
Conversations & Performances: Talks with Laure Adler, Sophie Ristelhueber, and a seminar by Michel Poivert (Sorbonne).
Carte Blanche: Works by four emerging European photographers on view at Gare de Lyon.
Partner Exhibitions: BMW Art Makers, Photo Elysée, and Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation present new commissions and international highlights.
Why It Matters
Henry Roy, “Impossible Island,” 2025, Courtesy of artist & Loose Joints.
Gilleam Trapenberg, “Amelia,” Fine art inkjet print, 125 x 100 cm, 2023.
Paris Photo 2025 positions photography not only as an art form but as a social and philosophical act—connecting generations, mediums, and perspectives. As Planas notes, “The fair is a space of dialogue, curiosity, and redefinition. Photography remains our sharpest tool to see the world—and to see ourselves.”
Paris Photo 2025
Grand Palais, Paris
November 13–16, 2025
