A PHOTO ● VIDEO TOUR IN AND AROUND PARIS

Photo Days 2023

For the past 4 years, Photo Days has been inviting visitors to a unique photographic experience in and around Paris. For the entire month, museums, cultural institutions, galleries, foundations, fairs and festivals join forces with Photo Days to introduce enthusiasts and curious onlookers to the full diversity of the worldwide photographic production.
Photo Days takes you from one bank of the Seine to the other, for an exceptional immersive experience, from November 3 to December 3.

Exhibitions
Photo Days promotes contemporary creation by commissioning artists to invest atypical spaces and venues.

● Rinko KAWAUCHI, M/E
November 7 to 28 2023, at the Fondazione Sozzani, 22 rue Marx Dormoy, Paris 18e
For the first time since 2005, Rinko Kawauchi is back in Paris, with an installation especially conceived for Photo Days in an exceptional private venue, the Fondazione Sozzani.

● Elger ESSER, Le Lys dans la Vallée
November 10 to December 3, 2023 at Rotonde Balzac, Fondation des Artistes - Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, 24 rue de Balzac, Paris 8e
Photo Days presents an exhibition of Elger Esser in the Rotonde Balzac, opened for the occasion. Inspired by the world of the famous writer, the artist from the Düsseldorf school has delved into his archives of the Loire riverbank landscapes to illustrate the settings of Balzac's novel "Le Lys dans la vallée".

● Véronique ELLENA, Le ciel, la terre, et tout ce qu’ils renferment Tribute to Pierre-Alain Parot
November 9 . December 3, 2023 at Sorbonne Artgallery, Galerie Souffot - 12 Place du Panthéon - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris 5e
For Sorbonne Artgallery, Véronique Ellena offers a new vision of the Strasbourg Cathedral Millennium Stained Glass Window she created in 2015, transforming Sorbonne Artgallery windows into details taken from the original work.

● Sophie HATIER, Loin des jardins
exhibition of the artist residency at Château Jean Faure
from November 2, at we are_, 73 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris 8e
Sophie Hatier is the first artist in residence at the Château Jean Faure, our Photo Days partner. This exhibition presents part of this residency, alongside a selection of previously unseen images from the Loin des Jardins series (Camargue, Iceland), some of which were taken this summer (Norway).

● Olivia BEE, I felt the stars in that room
November 3 . December 16, 2023 at Centre National de la Danse (CND) 1 Rue Victor Hugo, Pantin
During the first editions of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival, in London in March 2022 and Hong Kong in May 2023, American photographer Olivia Bee followed the choreographers and dancers day after day, creating a series of film images that pause movement and capture the beauty of the moment.
Presented by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and the Centre national de la danse, in collaboration with Photo Days.

● Costanza GASTALDI, Oro negro
exhibition of the 2022 winner of the Photo Days x FFP x Iandé artist residency in Brazil November 4 . December 3, 2023, at Atelier PGR, 1 villa Gaudelet, Paris 11e
During the 2022 portfolio readings, Italian photographer Costanza Gastaldi has won an artistic residency in Brazil, a collaboration between Photo Days, the Iandé collective and the Paranapiacaba Festival. Her images speak of a distant, colonial past, of the legends that have come down to us today, and of the future stakes involved in preserving the Mata Atlantica and its eco-system.

Supporting training and education
As part of its efforts to promote contemporary creation, Photo Days has developed its training and education activities. Each year, the festival organizes several days of free portfolio readings, where emerging and established photographers present their work to experts and industry professionals, to discuss their artistic approach and receive constructive feedback. Also, in partnership with Leica, Photo Days is organizing two workshops at the Atelier de Sèvres, conducted by Matthias Pasquet.

Events
- Photo Days organizes meetings with artists, upon reservation. Every Tuesday evening, the Leica Store in the Village Royal (Paris 8) opens its doors to the public, inviting them to meet 4 or 5 artists in a relaxed, private setting.
- This year, in partnership with Beaux-Arts Magazine and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Photo Days is organizing a seminar bringing together experts, researchers and artists to explore the many dimensions of the interaction between photography and artificial intelligence.
- Presentation of the Jean-Conrad and Isabelle Lemaître StudioCollector Prize by collector Haro Cumbusyan, in partnership with Jeu de Paume and École du Fresnoy.
Grand Prize and Instagram contest
- A biennial photographic Grand Prix, endowed with €15,000, reserved for professional photographers, with the ambition of refreshing the vision of the French capital through the eyes of great artists, using themes that change with each edition.
- Amateur competition on Instagram in partnership with Leica and Initial Labo: #photomove

Free gallery tours
Photo Days organizes free guided tours for all, by district and theme, as well as privileged visits to institutions.
mail: reservation@photodays.paris


Participating locations

Galleries:
Galerie XII ● 193 Gallery ● Alain Gutharc ● Angalia ● Arcturus ● baudoin lebon ● Bigaignon ● Bruno Moinard Editions ● Camera Obscura ● Clémentine de la Féronnière ● David Guiraud ● Dominique Fiat ● Galerie Écho 119 ● Espace Trigram ● Fisheye Gallery ● Galerie Hug ● Ithaque ● Jean-Kenta Gauthier ● galerie du jour agnès b. ● La Forest Divonne ● Galerie Leica ● LeNeuf Sinibaldi ● Magnum Photos ● Galerie Miranda ● Nathalie Obadia ● Orbis Pictus ● Galerie Papillon ● La Galerie des Photographes ● Polka Galerie ● Priska Pasquer ● Galerie Putman ● Rabouan Moussion ● La Galerie Rouge ● Galerie RX ● Galerie S. ● Le Salon H ● Schall Collection● Secret Gallery ● Sorbonne Artgallery ● Templon ● Thaddaeus Ropac

Institutions:
Atelier Néerlandais ● BnF ● Centre Culturel Irlandais ● Centre Pompidou ● Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson ● Institut Culturel du Mexique ● Jeu de Paume ● LE BAL ● mahJ ● MAM Paris ● MEP ● Musée Carnavalet ● Musée de l'Armée ● Musée départemental Albert-Kahn ● Musée des Arts décoratifs ● Musée Guimet ● Musée national de l'histoire de l'Immigration ● Musée du quai Branly ● Musée Picasso

Atypical venues:
Le 100 ● Alain Sinibaldi ● Studio Bauret ● La Capsule ● Chapelle Saint-Louis ● Frank Horvat Studio ● Initial LABO ● L’Inaperçu ● Le Plac'art Photo ● Neuflize OBC ● Odile Ouizeman ● PHILLIPS ● Quai de la Photo ● Société Générale