Paris Photo returns to the Grand Palais from November 12 to 15, 2026, bringing together 246 exhibitors from 38 countries, including 199 galleries and 48 publishers. For its 29th edition, the fair welcomes 80 new participants. Spread across five sectors, it offers an international panorama of the medium, from historical works to the most recent practices.

The Bicentenary of photography is one of the common threads of this edition. Rather than a retrospective celebration, Paris Photo offers a reading of the medium that questions its history, technical developments and new forms.

At the heart of the nave, the Main sector brings together 152 international galleries. This year, the Main sector brings together galleries from 31 countries, with 45 solo shows, 10 two-artist presentations and 92 group presentations. Spanning historic works, leading figures from the international art scene and new series, the presentations will offer a sweeping view of the photography market, from landmark works to the latest contemporary creations. Several galleries specializing in vintage photography, including Gilles Peyroulet, Bruno Tartarin and Hans P. Kraus Jr., highlight the origins of the medium. Hans P. Kraus Jr. presents works made using the oldest processes signed by some of the very first practitioners, including Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre » William Henry Fox Talbot » Anna Atkins » or Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey » . Contemporary projects extend this celebration. Christophe Gaillard presents a solo show by Isabelle Le Minh » , whose work explores the history, forms and limits of the medium, while Binome Gallery shows a selection of works that test the medium’s materiality. A program dedicated to the Bicentenary traces these different proposals throughout the fair. Among the solo shows, Galerie Miranda presents Merry Alpern » ’s Dirty Windows, while La Cometa revisits the series Miguel Angel Rojas » made in Bogotá cinemas in the 1970s, when they served as clandestine meeting places for gay men.
The two-artist presentations create other compelling dialogues: ROSEGALLERY brings together Jo Ann Callis » and Tania Franco Klein » , while Écho 119 pairs Kusukazu Uraguchi » with Laure Winants » : two generations with distinct approaches to the medium.
Among the group presentations, MEM traces the development of Subjective Photography in postwar Japan through five photographers associated with the movement, highlighting their varied experimental approaches to the image.

Visitors entering the Grand Palais are welcomed with a monumental installation dedicated to Thomas Ruff » . The work, displayed in a 36-meter-long retrospective installation in collaboration with five galleries – David Zwirner, Konrad Fischer, Mai 36, Lia Rumma, Sprüth Magers –, retraces more than forty years of creation. A major figure of the Düsseldorf School, Thomas Ruff has been exploring the possibilities of photography since the 1980s through a large variety of subjects and techniques, from analog images to digital simulations.

Presented within the Main sector, Prismes is dedicated to monumental projects conceived around the work of a single artist. Encompassing large format works, series & special installations, this year’s program features SMITH » with Christophe Gaillard, Antony Cairns » with Encounter, and Viktoria Binschtok » with KLEMM’S.
At the entrance to the fair, visitors will encounter a monumental installation devoted to Thomas Ruff » . Presented jointly for the first time by five galleries, David Zwirner, Konrad Fischer, Mai 36, Lia Rumma and Sprüth Magers, it spans more than forty years of the artist’s practice. A leading figure of the Düsseldorf School, Thomas Ruff has explored the possibilities of photography since the 1980s, from analogue images to digital simulations.

The Voices and Digital sectors extend this reflection on the medium’s transformations. Curated by Francesco Zanot and Zasha Colah, the Voices sector focuses on the notion of disappearance. The proposal is based on a paradox: notably designed to preserve what might disappear, photography celebrates its bicentenary at a time when its own forms are transforming. The Digital sector curated by Marco de Mutiis examines the ways in which technology transforms the production and perception of images while inscribing these developments in the history of photography. On the first floor of the Grand Palais, the Emergence sector presents 20 monographic projects by a new generation of artists; and the Book sector brings together 48 publishing houses from 17 countries.

Paris Photo also invites the Centre Pompidou to present Revealing, a display based on its photography collection. Bringing together one hundred works by some thirty historical and contemporary artists, this presentation offers a journey through photographic practices from the twentieth century to the present day. The Elles x Paris Photo program highlighting the work of women artists is entrusted this year to Aldeide Delgado and completes the general programming alongside the Conversations, the Book Talks, the educational project, the Paris Photo-Aperture PhotoBook Awards and over 400 book signing sessions. During the week of the fair, partner museums, foundations, institutions, and galleries also present exhibitions dedicated to photography, making Paris the international meeting place for the medium.