Elles x Paris Photo
A program dedicated to women photographers, supported by the French Ministry of Culture and Kering

This year, the Elles × Paris Photo exhibition, which showcases the work of women photographers, will be curated by Raphaëlle Stopin, director of the Centre Photographique Rouen Normandie and former director of the Festival de Hyères.

Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, with the support of Kering’s Women in Motion programme, it showcases women in the arts and culture. Elles × Paris Photo has helped to boost the representation of women artists in the fair, which has increased from 20% to 38% since 2018. For the first time this year, with the support of Kering, four galleries are organising group and solo exhibitions devoted to women photographers.


The path - Elles x Paris Photo 2024

"Two themes guided my selection of the individual works in the exhibition as well as the four galleries and their artists : on the one hand, the linked silences of history, as outlined by the pioneer of the study of the history of women, Michelle Perrot, underlining the unequal sharing of traces and memory. I was keen to focus on post-war photographers and previous generations, who are often forgotten. On the other hand, I wanted to show the plurality of paths taken by women artists, who have used photography to challenge norms and explore their creation beyond the stereotypes of the intimate. The selection made for the exhibition demonstrate the way in which women artists have also, and very early on, considered photography as a tool for pure plastic research and experimentation, testifying to an equally strong commitment to their creation. The strong presence of artists under the age of 40 in the exhibition, and the wide range of their approaches, testify to the vitality of this creative field, far removed from any gender bias. “I want to be able to write about men, women, ants, whatever I want”, said Lebanese writer Hanan El-Cheikh recently. A female visual artist should be able to aspire to the same freedom. When all is said and done, it is about nothing more than being simply considered an artist."

Raphaëlle Stopin - Elles x Paris Photo curator

The artist of 2024 Elles x Paris Photo path

Alina Frieske » Fabienne Levy

Andrea Grützner » Robert Morat

Aurora Király » Anca Poterasu

Awoiska van der Molen » Flat // Land

Barbara Crane » La Galerie Rouge

Bérangère Fromont » Bacqueville

Camille Vivier » Madé

Carmen Calvo » Luis Adelantado

Carmen Winant » La Patinoire Royale Bach

Claudia Andujar » Vermelho

Deborah Turbeville » Christophe Gaillard

Dóra Maurer » Kodoji Press

Frida Orupabo » Stevenson

Gabriele Stötzer » Monopol

Guénaëlle de Carbonnières » Binome

Haji Oh » This Is No Fantasy

Hanako Murakami » Jean-Kenta Gauthier

Helene A. Amouzou » Carole Kvasnevski

Hisae Imai » PGI & The Third Gallery Aya

Isabelle Wenzel » Bart

Jan Groover » Klemm’s

Kim Boske » Flat // Land

Lebohang Kganye » La Patinoire Royale Bach

Leonora Vicuna » Toluca

Letizia Battaglia » Alberto Damian

Livia Melzi » Salon H

Lois Conner » L’artiere

Lore Stessel » Les Filles Du Calvaire

Lorraine O'Grady » Mariane Ibrahim

Lucile Boiron » Hors-Cadre

Mari Katayama » Suzanne Tarasieve

Maria Chambefort » Photo Discovery / Bruno Tartarin

MeiChi Wu » Each Modern

Michiko Kon » PGI & The Third Gallery Aya

Ngadi Smart » Loose Joints

Nolwenn Brod » Vu’

Pilar Aymerich » Rociosantacruz

Popel Coumou » Torch

Sabiha Çimen » Loock

Sama Alshaibi » Esther Woerdehoff

Tee A. Corinne » Webber

Valérie Belin » Nathalie Obadia

Xu Xiaoxiao » Madé Van Krimpen

Zofia Rydet » Raster

Carla Williams » Susan Lipper » Janice Guy » Higher Pictures, New York

Lisetta Carmi » Martini & Ronchetti, Gênes

Elisa Montessori » Monitor, Rome

Aglaia Konrad » Nadja Vilenne, Liège