From 19th to 22nd November, Paris Photo, the world's leading fair for photography will feature 102 exhibitors who present a worldwide panorama of photographic expression from the 19th Century to the present day. The 2009 edition stands out for its geographical diversity and a sense of discovery: 23 countries are represented with 75% of participants from abroad and 31 new exhibitors. This year's special focus also provides an exceptional opportunity to discover the Arab and Iranian photography scene.

GALLERIES: 798 Photo Gallery (Beijing), Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid), Agathe Gaillard (Paris), Art Agents (Hamburg), Anhava* (Helsinki), Martin Asbaek Gallery (Copenhagen), Base Gallery (Tokyo), baudoin lebon (Paris), Bernard Quaritch (London), Bernheimer Fine Art Photography* (Munich), Daniel Blau (Munich), Galleri Bo Bjerggaard* (Copenhagen), Bonni Benrubi Gallery (New York), Brancolini Grimaldi (Rome/Florence), Camera Obscura (Paris), Caprice Horn* (Berlin), Michèle Chomette (Paris), Cokkie Snoei (Rotterdam), DNA* (Berlin), Patricia Dorfmann* (Paris), Johannes Faber (Vienna), Dominique Fiat* (Paris), Fifty One Fine Art Photography (Antwerpen), Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), Flatland (Utrecht), FOIL GALLERY (Tokyo), Forma Galleria (Milan), Eric Franck Fine Art (London), Françoise Paviot* (Paris), Fucares (Madrid), G/P (Tokyo), Goodman Gallery* (Johannesburg), Howard Greenberg (New York), Guido Costa Projects (Turin), Hamiltons (London), Robert Hershkowitz (Sussex, UK), Michael Hoppen (London), Edwynn Houk (New York), galerie du jour agnès b. (Paris), Keumsan (Seoul), Robert Klein (Boston), Hans P. Kraus Jr. (New York), Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie (Cologne), Kuckei + Kuckei *(Berlin), La B.A.N.K. *(Paris), La Fabrica Galeria (Madrid), Lumière des Roses (Montreuil), Magnum Gallery (Paris), Robert Mann (New York), Max Estrella (Madrid), m Bochum (Bochum), MEM (Osaka), Michael Stevenson (Cape Town), Laurence Miller (New York), Robert Morat* (Hamburg), Motive* (Amsterdam),Taro Nasu (Tokyo), Nusser & Baumgart *(Munich), Obsis* (Paris), Priska Pasquer (Cologne), Pente 10* (Lisbon), The Photographers Gallery* (London), Serge Plantureux (Paris), Pobeda Gallery* (Moscow), Polaris (Paris), Purdy Hicks* (London), Le Réverbère (Lyon), Yancey Richardson (New York), Rose Gallery (Santa Monica), Galerie RX* (Paris), Bruce Silverstein Photography (New York), TaiK (Helsinki), Tanit* (Munich), Toluca (Paris), Galeria Toni Tapies* (Barcelona), Torch Gallery* (Amsterdam), Vintage (Budapest), Vu' la Galerie (Paris), Esther Woerdehoff (Paris), Xippas (Paris/Athens), Van Zoetendaal (Amsterdam).

STATEMENT ARAB AND IRANIAN PHOTOGRAPHY:
Assar Art Gallery* (Tehran), B21* (Dubaï, E.A.U.), El Marsa* (Tunis), Galerie 127* (Marrakech), Selma Feriani* (London/Tunis), Sfeir-Semler* (Beirut/Hamburg), Silk Road* (Tehran), The Empty Quarter* (Dubaï, E.A.U.)

PUBLISHERS: Antiquariaat L. van Paddenburgh (Leiden), The Aperture Foundation (New York), Book Shop m (Tokyo), Filigranes Editions (Paris/Trézélan), Simon Finch Rare Books (London), Harper's Books (East Hampton), Hatje Cantz (Stuttgart), Librairie 213 (Paris), Tissato Nakahara (Paris), Denis Ozanne (Paris), Phaidon (Paris/London), Schaden.com (Cologne), Steidl (Gottingen/London).

* Newcomers