GRAND PALAIS · 12–15 NOVEMBER 2026 · 29TH EDITION
One year after a fair centred on the body and the portrait, Paris Photo takes on the Bicentenary of photography — not to look back, but to ask what becomes of the image when its own forms begin to waver.
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WOMEN ARTISTS
LOOKING BACK
2025: a fair of bodies and faces
75,000 visitors, a 40-metre Sophie Ristelhueber installation at the entrance, and a fair centred on the portrait — staged, fleeting, narrative. Through the Elles × Paris Photo trail, women photographers reclaimed the nude, far from the usual clichés.
OUR 2025 FAVOURITES
Jack Davison (Cob) · Danny Lyon (Howard Greenberg) · Olga Sokal (Kominek) · Gilleam Trapenberg (Ron Mandos) · Albert Watson (Hamiltons) · Koto Bolofo (in camera) · Eva Mahn (LOOCK) · Hideka Tonomura (Zen Foto) · Jamie Hawkesworth (Huxley-Parlour)
Last year, the subject was the photographed body. This year, it is the body of photography itself.
2026
Two hundred years of photography
Paris Photo opens the international celebrations of the Bicentenary, with a trail running from the 19th century to AI.
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Thomas Ruff at the entrance
A 36-metre retrospective conceived as an “open book”, backed by five galleries including David Zwirner and Sprüth Magers.
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Back to the origins
Daguerre, Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins at Hans P. Kraus Jr., among the historical specialists.
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Centre Pompidou invited
Révéler: a hundred works by thirty artists, many of them recent acquisitions.
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Contemporary rereadings
Isabelle le Minh solo at Christophe Gaillard, Binome on the materiality of the image.
THE FAIR
Five sectors to watch
| Main Nave · 152 galleries | Merry Alpern’s Dirty Windows, Stanley Kubrick’s 1950s photographs, Kati Horna, Martin Parr, Malick Sidibé. |
| Voices Nave · 3rd edition | Disappearance, by Zasha Colah and Francesco Zanot. Ulay, Hannah Darabi, Léonard Pongo. |
| Digital Nave · 13 exhibitors | New curator Marco De Mutiis (Fotomuseum Winterthur) on AI, screens and networks. |
| Emergence 1st floor · 20 projects | Maison Ruinart Prize to Philippe Jarrigeon. Also Randa Mirza, Marguerite Bornhauser. |
| Editions 1st floor · 48 publishers | MACK, Aperture, RVB, Loose Joints — and over 400 book signings. |
ELLES × PARIS PHOTO
Curated by Aldeide Delgado, An Oceanic Beginning takes the sea as the starting point for a decentred history of photography. Women now make up 38% of artists, up from 20% in 2018.
PHOTOBOOKS
The book, still at the heart
PhotoBook Awards
35 shortlisted books on show. Winners announced Friday 13 November.
Book Talks
Daily, 2–5pm, with Printed Matter. Sofia Coppola in conversation with Michael Mack.
THE IN FRAME RADAR
From 2025 to 2026
| Gallery | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cob, London | Jack Davison | → | Jack Davison solo show |
| Huxley-Parlour, London | Jamie Hawkesworth | → | Nadine Ijewere |
| in camera, Paris | Koto Bolofo | → | Atwood & Duroy |
| Howard Greenberg, New York | Danny Lyon | → | Sarah Moon |
| Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo | Hideka Tonomura | → | Tamiko Nishimura |
Three things we won’t miss
- Voices, Disappearance — a medium turning two hundred just as its link to reality comes undone.
- Kubrick the photographer — the filmmaker before the films, at Duncan Miller.
- The First PhotoBook shortlist — where you spot the generation that will fill tomorrow’s fairs.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Practical information
DATES
12–15 November
1pm–8pm, Sunday until 7pm
Preview 11 Nov (invitation)
VENUE
Grand Palais
Avenue Winston-Churchill,
Paris 8e
Metro Champs-Élysées–Clemenceau
TICKETS
Weekday €36 · Weekend €41
Evening & student €26
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Article by Kalel Koven – Paris Photo 2026 – parisphoto.com
