Paris Photo 2008: an exceptional panorama of Japanese photography From November 12^th to 16^th 2008, Paris Photo will bring together at the Carrousel du Louvre, 107 exhibitors from 19 countries. With 78% of participants from abroad and 37 newcomers, the selection for 2008 has favoured a greater focus on personal exhibitions and thematic projects, presenting the best photographic expressions from the earliest time to the present day. But one of the important aspects of this 12^th edition is the invitation of Japan as country of honour: with the work by more than 130 artists on show, Paris Photo will offer an exceptional overview of a unique site of practice, from the Meiji era to the most contemporary production. To date, no exhibition in Europe has broadly brought together such a number of Japan's modern, contemporary and emerging photographers. GALLERIES | Agathe Gaillard (Paris) | Oliva Arauna (Madrid) | Art Agents Gallery* (Hamburg) | Atlas Gallery* (London) | Baudoin Lebon (Paris) | Bernard Quatrich* (London) | Daniel Blau (Munich) | Bonni Benrubi (New York) | Janet Borden* (New York) | Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea (Florence) | Camera Obscura (Paris) | Philippe Chaume* (Paris) | Michèle Chomette* (Paris) | Cokkie Snoei* (Rotterdam) | Stephen Daiter* (Chicago) | Deborah Bell* (New York) | Claudia Delank *(Cologne) | Johannes Faber (Vienna) | Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris) | Flatland (Utrecht) | Eric Franck (London) | Fucares (Madrid) Galerie 1900-2000 (Paris) | Howard Greenberg (New York) | Guido Costa Projects (Turin) | Hamiltons (London) | Robert Hershkowitz (Sussex, UK) | Edwynn Houk (New York) | Ingleby* (Edinburg) | Jackson Fine Art* (Atlanta) | Galerie du Jour agnès b. (Paris) | Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid) | Keumsan Gallery *(Seoul) | Kicken (Berlin) | Robert Klein (Boston) | Hans P. Kraus Jr. (New York) | Kudlek Van der Grinten (Cologne) | La Fabrica* (Madrid) | Luisotti (Santa Monica) | Lumière des Roses (Montreuil) | Magnum Photos (Paris) | Robert Mann* (New York) | Martin Asbaek Projects (Copenhagen) | Max Estrella (Madrid) | m Bochum (Bochum) | MEM (Osaka) | Michael Hoppen (London) | Michael Stevenson (Cape Town) | Laurence Miller (New York) | Robert Miller (New York) | Moises Perez de Albeniz* (Pamplona) | Taro Nasu (Tokyo) | Nature Morte* (New Delhi) | Picture Photo Space (Osaka) | Serge Plantureux (Paris) | Polaris (Paris) | Priska Pasquer (Cologne) | Rat Hole Gallery* (Tokyo) | Le Réverbère (Lyon) | Yancey Richardson (New York) | Rose Gallery (Santa Monica) | Senda (Barcelona) | Sepia International* (New York) | 798 Photo Gallery * (Beijing) | Silverstein Photography (New York) | Stills Gallery* (Sydney) | Taik gallery (Helsinki) | Taka Ishii* (Tokyo) | Toluca (Paris) | Vintage (Budapest) | Vu’ la Galerie (Paris) | Van Zoetendaal (Amsterdam) | Weinstein Gallery* (Minneapolis) | Esther Woerdehoff (Paris) | Xippas (Paris /Athens) | Yoshii Gallery* (New York) | Zeit-Foto Salon* (Tokyo).

STATEMENT JAPAN: Base Gallery* (Tokyo) : Keisuke Shirota | Foil Gallery* (Tokyo) : Rinko Kawauchi | G/P* (Tokyo) : Masayuki Shioda, Taisuke Koyama, Yumiko Utsu | Hiromi Yoshii* (Tokyo) : Nao Tsuda | Gallery White Room* (Tokyo) : Naruki Oshima | Shugoarts* (Tokyo): Tomoko Yoneda | The Third Gallery Aya* (Osaka): Nobuo Asada, Midori Komatsubara, Takashi Suzuki | Tomio Koyama Gallery* (Tokyo) : Mamoru Tsukuda, Noboru Fukui, Mika Ninagawa.

PUBLISHERS: Antiquariaat L. van Paddenburgh (Leiden) | Aperture (New York) | Librairie La Chambre Claire (Paris) | Filigranes Editions (Paris) | Simon Finch Rare Books (London) | Harper’s Books (East Hampton) | Hatje Cantz (Stuttgart) | Journal (Stockhölm) | Librairie 213 (Paris) | Lodima Press (Revere/USA) | Florence Loewy (Paris) | Tissato Nakahara (Paris) | Denis Ozanne (Paris) | Phaidon (Paris/London) | Schaden.com (Cologne) | Steidl (Gottingen/ London).

JAPANESE PHOTO-BOOKS: Akaaka Art publishing* (Tokyo) | Book shop m* (Tokyo) | Little More* (Tokyo) | Seigensha* (Tokyo) | Tosei-Sha* (Tokyo)

* Newcomers