PARIS PHOTO The world's leading photography fair Guest of honour : Switzerland Exhibition dates : November 11 - 14, 2004 Open : 11am to 8pm Opening (invite only) : Wednesday 10th , 7 to 11pm Address : Le Carrousel du Louvre - Paris - France Tel : 33 (0) 1 41 90 47 70 Fax : 33 (0) 1 41 90 48 77 E-mail : parisphoto@reedexpo.fr
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guillaume.piens@reedexpo.fr or stacy@stacybolton.com. PARIS PHOTO, The international photography fair 19th century, modern and contemporary Paris Photo 2004: more international than ever Paris Photo, the world's leading venue for vintage, modern and contemporary photography, will celebrate its 8th year by hosting 105 photography dealers from 16 countries. The selection of exhibitors for 2004 will be more international than ever with the largest participation of foreign galleries since the creation of the fair. Over 70% of the exhibiting galleries (74 galleries) are based outside France. In particular, there is a strong increase in participation by galleries from the United States (17 galleries), followed by Germany (15 galleries) and the United Kingdom (10 galleries). This year Paris Photo 2004 welcomes galleries from two new countries : Iran and Italy. Contemporary photography: a significant focus Contemporary photography will play an important role at Paris Photo this year. The majority of the 31 galleries who are exhibiting at the fair for the first time specialize in contemporary art. Distinguished newcomers include Charles Cowles, Gitterman, Yossi Milo and Marvelli galleries, all from New York; Sfeir Semler (Hamburg) and Conrads (Dusseldorf); Isabella Brancolini (Florence) and Photo & Contemporary (Turin); Fernando Pradilla and Estiarte (both in Madrid), and Scout Gallery (London), in addition to the 8 Swiss galleries exhibiting in the fair's Statement section. Guest of honour: Switzerland In its annual Statement exhibition, Paris Photo celebrates the work of emerging photographers from a specific country. Statement 2004 will feature new work from Switzerland, with 8 Swiss galleries presenting solo shows by Swiss artists whose practice includes photography: John M Armleder , Erik Dettwiler, Thomas Flechtner ,Régis Golay, Laurence Huber, Claudio Moser; Nathalie Rebholz and Jules Spinatsch. To complete the program on Swiss art at Paris Photo, The on-site Project Room will feature screenings of contemporary Swiss videos throughout the fair. Statement Switzerland has been made possible thanks to support from the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris and Présence Suisse. Museum exhibition: Fotomuseum Winterthur To complement the Statement section, Paris Photo will mount a special exhibition of highlights from the collection of the Fotomuseum Winterthur to reinforce the role that Swiss art and collections have played in the development of modern and contemporary photography. Presented outside Switzerland for the first time, the selection of 29 artists like Robert Frank, Paul Graham, Vanessa Beecroft, Thomas Ruff, Lewis Baltz and others will showcase the Museum's collection and provide an overview of important photography from 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s. New Photography Prize: Prix BMW-Paris Photo To celebrate and foster contemporary photography, Paris Photo and BMW will inaugurate a new photography prize at this year's fair: the Prix BMW- Paris Photo. Granted to a talented contemporary photographer exhibiting at Paris Photo, the award will be given to one artist selected from 50 short-listed artists by a prestigious jury of experts and collectors. The prize will be accompanied by a cash award of 12,000 Euros (approximately $15,000 USD.) Paris in November: the world's capital of photography Throughout the month of November, Paris will celebrate photography with a series of events and exhibitions through its biennial citywide festival Mois de la Photo. More than 70 international photography exhibitions will be on view at museums and galleries throughout Paris (for details see www.mep-fr.org). Selected Galleries Agathe Gaillard (Paris) l Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid) l Art 75 Yves Di Maria (Paris) l artandphotographs (Londres) l Baudoin Lebon (Paris) l Bonni Benrubi (New York) l Daniel Blau (Munich) l Atelier Bordas (Paris) l Janet Borden (New York) l Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea (Florence) l Bugdahn und Kaimer (Dusseldorf) l Büro Für Fotos (Cologne) l Camera Obscura (Paris) l Camera Work (Berlin) l Michèle Chomette (Paris) l Clairefontaine (Luxembourg) l Cokkie Snoei (Rotterdam) l Conrads (Dusseldorf) l Charles Cowles (New York) l Claudia Delank (Cologne) l Bernard Dudoignon (Paris) l Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert (Paris) l Estiarte (Madrid) l Johannes Faber (Vienne) l Ulrich Fiedler (Cologne) l Fifty One Fine Art (Anvers) l Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris) l Flatland (Utrecht) l Eric Franck Fine Art (Londres) l Galerie 1900-2000 (Paris) l Galerie 779 (Paris) Galerie des Editions Léo Scheer (Paris) l Gitterman Gallery (New York) l Howard Greenberg (New York) l Hamburg Kennedy Photographs (New York) l Hamiltons (Londres) l Laurent Herschtritt (Paris) l Michael Hoppen (Londres) l Hypnos (Paris) Ingleby (Edimbourg)  Edwynn Houk (New York) l Jackson Fine Art (Atlanta) l Galerie du Jour agnès b. (Paris) l Kowasa (Barcelone) l Van Kranendonk (La Haye) l Hans P.Kraus Jr. (New York) l Gaby Kraushaar (Dusseldorf) l Robert Klein (Boston) l Krisal (Genève) l Martin Kudlek (Cologne) l Leica Gallery (Prague) l m Bochum Fotografie (Bochum) l Magnum Photos (Paris) l Thierry Marlat (Paris) l Marvelli Gallery (New York) l Yossi Milo (New York) l Obsis (Genevilliers) l Priska Pasquer (Cologne) l Françoise Paviot (Paris) l The Photographers (Londres) l Photo & Contemporary (Turin) l Picture Photo Space (Osaka) l Serge Plantureux (Paris) l Polaris (Paris) l Fernando Pradilla (Madrid) l Le Reverbère (Lyon) l Ricco/Maresca (New York) l Scout Gallery (Londres) l Michael Senft Masterworks & Virginia Green (East Hampton/New York) l Bruce Silverstein (New York) l Sfeir-Semler (Hambourg) l Silk Road (Téhéran) l Staley-Wise (New York) l Taik gallery (Helsinki) l Toluca (Paris) l Ton Peek photography (Utrecht) l Torch Gallery (Amsterdam) l Trabant (Vienne) l TZR Galerie (Bochum) l Vintage (Budapest) l Vu' la Galerie (Paris) l Esther Woerdehoff (Paris) l Thomas Zander (Cologne) l Zéro L'Infini (Etuz) l Van Zoetendaal (Amsterdam) EDITORS Filigranes Editions (Trézélan) l Simon Finch Rare Books (Londres) l Images en Manœuvres Editions (Marseille) l Librairie La Chambre Claire (Paris) l Librairie 213 (Paris) l J.J Heckenhauer (Berlin) l Lodima Press (Revere/USA) l Tissato Nakahara (Paris) l Antiquariaat L.van Paddenburgh (Leiden) l Phaidon (Paris/Londres) l Rocket (Londres) l Schaden.com (Cologne) STATEMENT Analix Forever (Genève) l ausstellungsraum25 (Zurich) l Bernhard Bischoff (Thun) l Blancpain Stepczynski (Genève) l Evergreene (Genève) l Susanna Kulli (Zurich) l Edward Mitterrand (Genève) l Skopia (Genève)